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Implications of genetic epidemiology for the prevention of substance use disorders.
Addictive behaviors - 1 Jan 2000
Merikangas K R, Avenevoli S
Abstract excerpt
Despite advances in characterizing human genotypes, the complex process through which genes exert their influence limits the application of molecular genetics to human diseases. Substance use disorders are necessarily complicated by gene-environment interaction because exposure to an exogenous substance is required for their development. The methods of genetic epidemiology are specifically designed to identify...
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