Subtypes of alcohol-dependent men: a typology based on relative genetic and environmental loading.

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01151.x

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Subtypes of alcohol-dependent men: a typology based on relative genetic and environmental loading.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Nov 1996

Johnson E O, van den Bree M B, Pickens R W

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Using scales that distinguish between relative genetic and environmental loading, cluster analysis was used to identify three subtypes of alcohol dependence in Caucasian men from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study (n = 911). Although all subjects met DSM-III criteria for alcohol dependence, o...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alcoholism
Comorbidity
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Risk Factors
Social Environment

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