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Is Alcoholism Hereditary?: A Review and Critique
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Alcoholism is a familial disorder; studies have repeatedly shown a high prevalence of alcoholism among the relatives of alcoholics. In studying a familial disorder, it is important to determine whether the illness is influenced by heredity. Separating "nature" from "nurture" is a difficult (some say impossible) task, but nevertheless, through the years, there have been a number of studies and much speculation concerning a possible role of heredity in alcoholism. The studies can be grouped into five types: (1) family studies, (2) twin studies, (3) adoption studies, (4) genetic marker studies and (5) "selfselection" animal studies.
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- Authors
- Goodwin, D. W.
- Venue
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1971-12-01
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 545
- ISSN
- 0003-990X (ISSN-L)
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- W33201649
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- 188
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- FWCI
- 0.73
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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