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Eating disorder symptomatology and substance use disorders: prevalence and shared risk in a population based twin sample.
The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Nov 2010
Baker Jessica H, Mitchell Karen S, Neale Michael C, Kendler Kenneth S
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OBJECTIVE: Research shows a significant association between eating disorders (ED) and substance use disorders (SUD). The objective of this study is to examine the prevalence, chronology, and possibility of shared familial risk between SUD and ED symptomatology. METHOD: Subjects included 1,206 monozygotic and 877 dizygotic adult female twins. ED symptomatology included anorexia (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN)...
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