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The Metabolism Of Alcohol: Risk And Protective Factors, Sydney E. Levan, Amy Adkins, Danielle Dick, Karen G. Chartier
The Metabolism Of Alcohol: Risk And Protective Factors, Sydney E. Levan, Amy Adkins, Danielle Dick, Karen G. Chartier
Undergraduate Research Posters
Purpose: Abstract for poster submission to VCU Poster Symposium for
Undergraduate Research and Creativity
Title: The Metabolism of Alcohol: Risk and Protective Factors
Background: In 2002, it was reported by the National Institutes of Health that
60.3% of college aged students (18-22) drank alcohol in the past month of being
asked, as compared to 51.9% of those not in college. They also found that 20% of
college students met the criteria for at least one alcohol use disorder (AUDs)1.
Many genes have been linked to an increased risk for AUDs and how individuals
with various ethnic backgrounds respond to alcohol. …