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Addiction Medicine
New addiction medicine study findings have been reported by A. Merline and colleagues
May 31st, 2008
" To examine age-18 risk factors for alcohol use and heavy drinking during early (ages 22 and 26) and middle (age 35) adulthood, and for symptoms of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in middle adulthood. Nationally representative samples of US adolescents in their senior year of secondary school (age 18) were followed into middle adulthood," scientists in the United States report. "Structural equation models estimated the associations between age-18 characteristics and current drinking and heavy drinking at ages 22, 26 and 35 and symptoms of AUDs at age 35. The sample consisted of 21 137 respondents from 11 senior year cohorts (1976-86) from the Monitoring the Future...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-05-31)
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