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Shared familial risk between bulimic symptoms and alcohol involvement during adolescence.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 Jul 2017
Baker Jessica H, Munn-Chernoff Melissa A, Lichtenstein Paul, Larsson Henrik, Maes Hermine, Kendler Kenneth S
Abstract excerpt
Twin studies show the established relation between bulimic symptoms and problematic alcohol involvement in adult females is partly due to shared familial factors, specifically shared genetic effects. However, it is unclear if similar shared etiological factors exist during adolescence or in males. We examined the familial overlap (i.e., genetic and common environmental correlations) between bulimic symptoms and...
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