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Longitudinal analyses of the determinants of drinking and of drinking to intoxication in adolescent twins.
Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 1999
Viken R J, Kaprio J, Koskenvuo M, Rose R J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and environmental determinants of self-reported alcohol consumption were investigated in a sample of 2513 twin pairs who were first assessed at age 16 and were followed-up at age 17. At age 16, 77% of the sample was drinking, and 65% of drinkers reported drinking to intoxication. Both drinking and drinking to intoxication increased at the 1-year follow-up. Model fitting indicated that most of the variance...
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