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Genetic and environmental influences on the rate of progression to alcohol dependence in young women.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 2008
Sartor Carolyn E, Agrawal Arpana, Lynskey Michael T, Bucholz Kathleen K, Heath Andrew C
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BACKGROUND: The development of alcohol dependence (AD) involves transitions through multiple stages of drinking behaviors and is shaped by both heritable and environmental influences. We attempted to capture this dynamic process by characterizing genetic and environmental contributions to the rate at which women progressed through 3 significant transitions along the pathway to AD: nonuse to initiation, initiation...
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