Assessing the genetic risk for alcohol use disorders

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-273

  Foroud, Tatiana ^a   Phillips, Tamara J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism; Animal models; Gene interactions; Gene knockout technology; Genetic basis of alcoholism; Genetic mapping; Genetic technology; Genetics; Human studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870193419     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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