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Index of the transmissible common liability to addiction: heritability and prospective associations with substance abuse and related outcomes.
Drug and alcohol dependence - 1 Jun 2012
Hicks Brian M, Iacono William G, McGue Matt
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BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly comorbid and exhibit a relatively late onset. As such, many behaviors and personality traits present prior to the initiation of substance use can be used to predict later SUDs. The transmissible liability index (TLI) is a quantitative measure of such behaviors that indexes the common liability to SUDs. We examined the predictive utility and heritability of the...
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