Abstract:One of the most common medical issues in children and adults is accidental poisonings ranging from medicines to toxic substances such as alcohol and toluene and even metals like iron and lead. The way these substances are metabolised depends on a plethora of factors such as age, sex and even ethnicity. Besides these factors, there is one that holds an even more significant weight on how substances are metabolised -genes, or more precisely, alleles of specific genes. In recent years, genetic studies have signif… Show more
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