Publisher's Synopsis
The seventh ISBRA Congress was the first to be held in Australia and addressed a number of issues central to current interests in biomedical alcohol research. These range from recent advances related to alcoholism in biological and clinical research to specific areas of substantial progress in the study of alcoholism in recent years such as the effect of molecular genetic techniques.;Included in the congress was a consideration of the advantages of Australia as a testing ground for the cross-cultural application of a new therapeutic approaches. accordingly, the congress proceedings published in this volume, from both plenary and symposium presentations, cover a wide range of topics from the enzymology of alcohol metabolism, genetic studies of alcohol's effects and the mechanisms of alcohol-related organ damage to fundamental aspects of alcohol's action and clinical aspects of alcoholism including pharmacological and psychiatric studies.;The material is fully referenced and represents a thoroughly up-to-date account of the key areas in alcohol research.
