| PhenX In Focus |
| Substance Abuse and Addiction The PhenX Toolkit currently contains 295 measures spanning 21 research domains and 16 collections (sets of related measures). The Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substances (ATOS) domain includes 14 measures of substance abuse and addiction (SAA). There are also measures related to SAA in 6 other domains: Cancer, Environmental Exposures, Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Oral Health, Reproductive Health, and Respiratory. Using key words in the Toolkit Search function will enable you to see the current SAA protocols that are recommended. To expand the breadth and depth of SAA-related measures, a project to identify additional PhenX measures was launched in March 2011, with funding and logistic support of NIDA, NIAAA, and NHGRI. The goal is to create six “specialty” collections and one “core” collection of measures for use by SAA and other investigators. Working Groups composed of SAA experts will select up to eight high-priority measures for each of the six specialty areas for inclusion in the Toolkit. It is expected that these SAA measures will be added to the Toolkit by spring 2012. |
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