Alcohol Alcohol Metabolism, Part IIT— Research & Health A Key to Unlocking Alcohols Effects UP FRONT FOCUS ON SPECTAL POPULATIONS In This Issue Variations in ADH and ALDH in Southwest California Indians Cinpy L. EHLERS FEATURES Health-Related Effects of Genetic The Genetics of Alcohol Metabolism: Variations of Alcohol-Metabolizing Role of Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Enzymes in African Americans Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Variants DENISE M. SCOTT AND ROBERT E. TAYLOR HOWARD J. EDENBERG ALDH2, ADH1B, and ADHIC Genotypes Alcohol Metabolism and Cancer Risk in Asians: A Literature Review HELMUT K. SEITZ AND PETER BECKER Mimy Y. ENG, SUSANE . LUCZAK, AND TAMARAL . WALI Role of Alcohol Metabolism in Chronic Pancreatitis Variations in Alcohol-Metabolizing ALAIN VONLAUFEN, JEREMY S. WILSON, ROMANO Enzymes in People of East Indian and C. PIROLA, AND MINOTI V. APTI African Descent from Trinidad and Tobago SHELLEY Moore, L.K. MONTANE-JAIME, LUCINDA G. CARR, AND CINDY L. EHLERS Effects of Pregnancy and Nutritional Status on Alcohol Metabolism KARTIK SHANKAR, MARTIN J.J. RONIS, AND Glossary THOMAS M. BADGER