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Genetic and Environmental Predictors of Alcohol Use in Asian American Young Adults.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs - 1 Sept 2015
Bujarski Spencer, Lau Anna S, Lee Steve S, Ray Lara A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Among Asian American young adults, variations in alcohol-metabolizing genes (i.e., aldehyde dehydrogenase [ALDH2] and alcohol dehydrogenase [ADH1B]) are protective, whereas Korean ethnicity, family history of alcohol problems (FH), and acculturation represent risk factors for alcohol misuse. This study aims to integrate these genetic and environmental factors in a sample of Asian Americans expressing a...
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