Citation

Clarke M, Ahmed N, Romaniuk H, Marjot DH, Murray-Lyon IM. Alcohol Alcohol. 1990; 25(1): 9-11.

Affiliation

Riverside Health Authority, St Mary Abbots Hospital, London, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2334500

Abstract

The drinking habits of Asian and indigenous patients receiving in-patient care for alcoholism in West London were studied. Although both racial groups reported similar levels of current alcohol intake, the Asian developed problems and presented for in-patient detoxification with a shorter mean duration of drinking than the indigenous subjects. Values for mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) were higher in the Asians, suggesting the Asians were at greater risk of alcohol-related physical damage.

Language: en