Article
Genetic and biochemical factors relevant to alcoholism.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jan 2000
Thacker S B, Veech R L, Vernon A A, Rutstein D D
Abstract excerpt
Important biochemical clues from animal and human studies as well as epidemiologic studies of twins and adoptees suggest that genetic factors may predispose to alcohol addiction. This paper critically examines the epidemiology and biochemistry literature to assess the strength of the evidence sup...
Topics
- Adoption
- Alcohol Dehydrogenase
- Alcohol Oxidoreductases
- Alcoholism
- Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
- Animals
- Butylene Glycols
- Diseases in Twins
- Ethanol
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Metabolic Clearance Rate
- Mice
- Propylene Glycol
- Propylene Glycols
- Rats