[The structure of marriages and human resistance to the disease of alcoholism].

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[The structure of marriages and human resistance to the disease of alcoholism].

TSitologiia i genetika - 1 Jan 2000

Atramentova L A, Prikhod'ko E A, Shakhbazov V G

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Genealogies of men suffering from alcoholism (574) and healthy men (368) are investigated. It is revealed that persons from endogamous marriages are more frequently found among people suffering from alcoholism than among healthy persons (36.6% and 25.2%). 55% of men of exogamous origin have relat...

Topics

Adult
Alcoholism
Consanguinity
Disease Susceptibility
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Heterozygote
Humans
Male
Marriage
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Ukraine
Urban Population

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