Alcohol, drugs, genes and the clinical laboratory : an overview for healthcare and safety professionals /: an overview for healthcare and safety professionals. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amitava Dasgupta.
• Authors: Dasgupta, Amitava, 1958-
• Contents: 1. Alcohol a double edged sword: health benefits with moderate consumption but health hazard with excess alcohol intake; 2. Drugs of abuse: an overview; 3. Dangers of new designer drugs bath salts and spices; 4. Combined alcohol and drug abuse: a deadly mix; 5. Personality traits, peer pressure and environmental factors linked to alcohol and drug abuse; 6. Certain genes protect from alcohol abuse while other genes may increase the risk; 7. Pharmacogenomics of abused drugs; 8. Genetic aspects of drug abuse; 9. Laboratory aspects of alcohol testing; 10. Laboratory methods for measuring drugs of abuse in urine; 11. Determination of drugs of abuse in oral fluid and hair
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.860642; Alcoholism -- Genetic aspects; Substance abuse -- Genetic aspects; Drug testing; Genetic screening
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128093344
• Related ISBNs: 9780128054550
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