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Gender differences in friends' influences on adolescent drinking: a genetic epidemiological study.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 2007
Dick Danielle M, Pagan Jason L, Holliday Candice, Viken Richard, Pulkkinen Lea, Kaprio Jaakko, Rose Richard J
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BACKGROUND: We use data from a population-based twin study to examine the association between characteristics of the friendship group and adolescents' own alcohol use at age 14, with focus on gender differences, both with respect to the adolescent's own gender and the gender composition of his/her friendship group. METHODS: (1) We conducted analyses on the full epidemiological sample of individuals to determine...
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