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The Behavioral Genetics of Alcoholism
1999-08-01
Abstract excerpt
Twin and adoption studies consistently implicate the importance of genetic influences on alcoholism risk, especially in men. Heritability estimates suggest that approximately 50% to 60% of the variability in alcoholism liability is associated with genetic factors. Although there has been progress in identifying specific genes that predispose toward alcoholism, we know relatively little about the nature of the gene...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5913289f-5504-594d-bcdc-255ba22e5d3d
- DOI
- 10.1111/1467-8721.00026