Genetic differences in psychomotor performance decrement after alcohol: a multivariate analysis.

doi:10.15288/jsa.1992.53.262

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Genetic differences in psychomotor performance decrement after alcohol: a multivariate analysis.

Journal of studies on alcohol - 1 May 1992

Heath A C, Martin N G

Abstract excerpt

We reanalyzed data on the decline in performance on a battery of psychomotor tests, after a standard dose of ethanol (0.75 g/kg body weight), of 206 same-sex twin pairs. Principal components analysis identified two orthogonal factors. The first factor was strongly associated with increased body s...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholic Intoxication
Female
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Psychomotor Performance
Risk Factors
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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