Alcoholism: Recent advances in epidemiology, biochemistry and genetics

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Ginter, E ^a   Simko, V ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Environment; Ethylalcohol; Genetics; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS;

EID: 84872163745     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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