Alcoholic tolerance between different ethnic groups ?

Subject: Alcoholic tolerance between different ethnic groups ?

Date: Wed Jul 19 14:07:29 2000
Posted by Lennart Persson
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Höganäs State/Province: No state entered. Country: Sweden
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 964030049.Bc

Message:


Hello,
We had an discussion at work regarding alcohol tolerance and different 
ethnic groups. I have heard that japaneese have a lower alcoholc tolerance 
and that is caused by a missing or lower level of samekind of enzyme. Is 
this true or is it just a fairy-tale?

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