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Alterations in ethyl alcohol pharmacokinetics during oral consumption of malt liquor beverages in African Americans.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 2008
Taylor Robert E, Raysor Byron R, Kwagyan John, Ramchandani Vijay A, Kalu Nnenna, Powell-Davis Monique, Ferguson Clifford L, Carr Lucinda, Scott Denise M
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BACKGROUND: Malt liquor (ML) beverages have become increasingly popular among urban minority groups, due partly to their inexpensive price and targeted advertising. We hypothesized that nonfermented by-products contained in ML beverages will alter the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of its ethanol content. In addition, we determined the effect of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genotypes on the...
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