Genetics of alcohol metabolism

Alcohol, Nutrition, and Health Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-25

  Ramchandani, Vijay A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH); Alcohol metabolism; Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH); Catalase; Cytochrome P450; Ethnic differences; Genetic polymorphism; Pharmacogenetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994022290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-047-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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