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Paternal alcoholism predicts the occurrence but not the remission of alcoholic drinking: a 40-year follow-up.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2007
Knop J, Penick E C, Nickel E J, Mednick S A, Jensen P, Manzardo A M, Gabrielli W F
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OBJECTIVE: To test the effects of father's alcoholism on the development and remission from alcoholic drinking by age 40. METHOD: Subjects were selected from a Danish birth cohort that included 223 sons of alcoholic fathers (high risk; HR) and 106 matched controls (low risk; LR). Clinical examinations were performed at age 40 (n = 202) by a psychiatrist using structured interviews and DSM-III-R diagnostic...
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