SOURCE: CNNhealth.com
DATE: January 30, 2009
EXCEPTS: " A recent survey of alcoholism studies in the Lancet suggests that men have more than a 20 percent lifetime risk of developing alcohol-use disorders, while women's risk is 8 to 10 percent. Much of that risk is inherited. Studies show that as much as 60 percent of the risk of alcohol-use disorders is genetic ... Why is the risk so much greater in men than women? .... more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Schuckit MA. Alcohol-use disorders. Lancet. 2009 Jan 23.
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