Alcohol, drugs, genes, and the clinical laboratory : an overview for healthcare and safety professionals / Amitava Dasgupta, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Material type: TextDescription: x, 226 pages : illustrationsISBN:- 9780128054550 (pbk)
- 0128054557 (pbk)
- 616.86 23 DAS-A
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Book | Dept. of Biochemistry | Dept. of Biochemistry | 616.86 DAS-A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | BCHFIST1 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Alcohol a double-edged sword -- 2. Drugs of abuse -- 3. Designer drugs including bath salts and spices -- 4. Combined alcohol and drug abuse -- 5. Link between environmental factors, personality factors, and addiction -- 6. Genetic polymorphisms of alcohol metabolizing enzymes associated with protection from or increased risk of alcohol abuse -- 7. Pharmacogenomics of abused drugs -- 8. Association between polymorphisms in genes encoding various receptors, transporters, and enzymes and alcohol/drug addiction -- 9. Methods of alcohol measurement -- 10. Laboratory methods for measuring drugs of abuse in urine -- 11. Analysis of drug abuse in serum, hair, oral fluid, sweat and meconium.
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