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Alcohol abuse, alcohol intolerance, alcohol dependence and other alcohol-related disabilities are some of the most challenging public health problems facing our modern-day society. The purpose of this comprehensive monograph is to review the available knowledge concerning the pharmacogenetic basis of alcohol sensitivity and its physiolgical implications and to synthesize the bulk of existing knowledge regarding metabolic features and biomedical disturbances related to alcoholism. The chapters cover a broad array of disciplines including an overview of historical and epidemiological aspects, biochemistry and molecular genetics of enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism, biochemical and neuropsychopharmacological effects of alcohol. Major emphasis is placed on the role of genetic factors in alcoholism. The experimental details are summarized and a comprehensive bibliography is included.
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Book Title: Alcohol Metabolism, Alcohol Intolerance, and Alcoholism
Book Subtitle: Biochemical and Pharmacogenetic Approaches
Authors: Dharam P. Agarwal, H. Werner Goedde
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74904-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-74906-3Published: 06 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74904-9Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 184
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Metabolic Diseases, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Psychiatry, Forensic Medicine, Human Genetics