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Gill, Kathryn – Winds of Change, 1992
Studies of families, twins, and adoptees support a genetic predisposition to alcoholism. Alcohol metabolism may affect the regulation of alcohol intake, because interference with production or elimination of the alcohol metabolite acetaldehyde has behavioral effects. Ongoing research is examining individual and tribal differences in alcohol…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indians, Biological Influences, Genetics
