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Children of alcoholics: an update.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Aug 2000
Lieberman D Z
Abstract excerpt
One of four children in the United States lives in a family in which the child is exposed to alcoholism. Children of alcoholics (COAs) are two to ten times more likely to develop alcoholism than non-COAs. This paper reviews studies that have attempted to identify risk factors that mediate the increased vulnerability and the protective factors that moderate the risk. Factors discussed include parental antisocial...
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