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Alcohol-induced blackouts and maternal family history of problematic alcohol use.
Addictive behaviors - 1 Jun 2015
Marino Elise N, Fromme Kim
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BACKGROUND: Consequences of heavy drinking include alcohol-induced blackouts, which are periods of amnesia for all or part of a drinking event. One risk factor for blackouts is family history of problematic alcohol use (FH+); however, research rarely distinguishes maternal from paternal FH+. The objective of this study was to examine whether maternal or paternal FH+ better predicts likelihood of experiencing...
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