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Adult transition from at-risk drinking to alcohol dependence: the relationship of family history and drinking motives.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 2008
Beseler Cheryl L, Aharonovich Efrat, Keyes Katherine M, Hasin Deborah S
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BACKGROUND: Prospective studies have not previously examined whether a family history of alcoholism and drinking motives conjointly predict a diagnosed DSM-IV alcohol abuse or dependence in adults, despite a large literature that each is associated with alcohol consumption. The focus of this study is the conjoint, prospective examination of these risk factors in a 10-year longitudinal study of adults who were...
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