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Alcohol in Health and Disease
About This Book
This volume, based on presentations from the symposium on the health effects of alcohol held in Titisee, Germany, examines the physical and psychological consequences of alcohol use and abuse, and considers environmental and ethnic factors that lead to addiction and dependence. Discusses epidemiological studies that show the influence of light to moderate intake of alcoholic beverages on coronary heart disease. Featuring contributions from nearly 60 internationally recognized and respected authors, and over 2900 references for further investigation of the subject, Alcohol in Health and Disease analyzes biochemical, pharmacogenetic, and pathologic disturbances that follow acute and chronic ingestion of alcohol; describes complications that arise from social, biological, and environmental factors; examines alcohol metabolic genes and their role in alcohol sensitivity, drinking habits, and dependence; spotlights hepatic and nutritional disorders associated with alcoholism; considers the relationship of alcohol to cancer; debates the French paradox and more. Covering a multitude of disciplines, including molecular biochemistry, genetics, epidemiology, pathophysiology, neurobiology, and cardiology, Alcohol in Health and Disease is a critical reference for addiction psychiatrists, neuropsychopharmacologists, psychologists, geneticists, toxicologists, biochemists, environmental and public health scientists, health policy makers, social workers, counselors, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter 1- Functional Polymorphism of Alcoholand Aldehyde Dehydrogenases
- Chapter 2- Genes for Alcohol Metabolism and Alcohol Sensitivity
- Chapter 3- Pharmacogenetic Relevance of Aldehyde Dehydrogenases
- Chapter 4- Alcohol Metabolism by Gut Flora
- Chapter 5- Distribution of Alcohol Dehydrogenasein Human Organs
- Chapter 6- Genetics and Alcoholism: The COGA Project
- Chapter 7- The Genetic Epidemiology of Alcoholism
- Chapter 8- The Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene and Alcoholism
- Chapter 9- Biological Markers of Alcohol Use and Abuse in Theory and Practice
- Chapter 10- Neurobiology of Alcoholism
- Chapter 11- Neurodegeneration and Neuroadaptation in Alcoholism
- Chapter 12- Pathogenic Mechanismsin Alcoholic Myopathy
- Chapter 13- The Alcoholic Patient in the Perioperative Period
- Chapter 14- Alcohol and the Energy Balance
- Chapter 15- Recent Advances in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
- Chapter 16- Quality of Life in Alcohol Misusing Subjects
- Chapter 17- Hepatic, Metabolic, and Nutritional Disorders of Alcoholism
- Chapter 18- Gut-Derived Bacterial Toxins(Endotoxin) and Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Chapter 19- Acetaldehyde and Liver Disease
- Chapter 20- Liver Disease
- Chapter 21- Retinoids and Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Chapter 22- Treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Chapter 23- Alcohol and Cancer
- Chapter 24- Alcohol and Gastrointestinal Cell Regeneration
- Chapter 25- Alcohol and Cancer of the Aerodigestive Tract
- Chapter 26- Alcohol and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Chapter 27- Beverage Alcohol Consumption as a Negative Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease
- Chapter 28- Regulation of the Quantity and Quality of High-Density Lipoproteins by Alcohol
- Chapter 29- Alcohol, Lipoproteins, and the French Paradox
- Index
- Back Cover