Alcohol, drugs, genes and clinical laboratory : an overview for healthcare and safety professionals / Amitava Dasgupta
By: Dasgupta, Amitava [author].
Publisher: Amsterdam : Academic Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780128054550.Subject(s): Alcoholism | Drug abuse | Alcoholism -- Genetic aspects | Drug abuse -- Genetic aspects | Alcoholism | Substance-Related Disorders | Alcoholism -- genetics | Substance-Related Disorders -- geneticsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RM315 .D37 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009353 |
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