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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Alcohol Metabolism in Humans
Author(s) -
Li TingKai,
Yin ShihJiun,
Crabb David W.,
O'Connor Sean,
Ramchandani Vijay A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02138.x
Subject(s) - alcohol , ethanol metabolism , metabolism , aldh2 , genetics , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , allele , gene
This manuscript represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 RSA Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The organizer/chair was Ting‐Kai Li. The presentations were: (1) Introduction to the Symposium, by Ting‐Kai Li; (2) ALDH2 polymorphism and alcohol metabolism, by Shih‐Jiun Yin; (3) ALDH2 promoter polymorphism and alcohol metabolism, by David W. Crabb; (4) Use of BrAC clamping to estimate alcohol elimination rates: Application to studies of the influence of genetic and environmental determinants, by Sean O'Connor; and (5) Effect of food and food composition on alcohol elimination rates as determined by clamping, by Vijay A. Ramchandani.