Metabolic Responses of Chinese, Japanese and Europeans to Alcohol

1 January 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research

Vol. 2 (1) , 89-92
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb04700.x

Abstract

Thirty-nine Chinese, 47 Japanese, and 68 Europeans were tested for rate of alcohol metabolism under standardized conditions. The Japanese and Chinese metabolized at a significantly higher rate. Possible sources of such differences are considered.

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