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Nature, nurture key in teen alcoholism
The study -- published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research -- found genetic factors were most important for variation in early initiation of alcohol use, while common environmental factors explained most of the variation in frequency of drinking once alcohol use had been initiated.
"This study shows that genetic factors are also involved in early initiation and that is a new perspective," study leader Evelien A. P. Poelen of Radboud University Nijmegen said in a statement. "A lot of studies examining alcohol use in adolescents have focused on several social factors in alcohol use, for example, the influence of friends and parents, while genetic factors have often been neglected. We thought both factors should be taken into account simultaneously."
The study was based on data collected through the Netherlands Twin Register that identified almost 700 twin pairs -- 12 to 15 years old between l993 to 2000. Initiation and frequency of drinking was compared in fraternal vs. identical twins as a function of three influences -- genetic effects, common environmental effects and unique environmental effects.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 05/07/2008
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06-05-2008 00:00
Thushara wrote:
Using alcohol
Exactly I agreed with this article. If any one takes alcohol the children of them also have to face for many problems. you can see in the future if any parent using alcohol the children of them also using it. Further, I think any one of using alcohol it affect as genetic factors to their children
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Thusha
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