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(Excerpted from XETC-TV FOX 6 News at 6 a.m. (San Diego CA), Thursday,
April 24,
2008)
Genetic link to alcoholism in women discovered
Young women who transition from taking their first drink to becoming alcoholics have a stronger influence from genetics. School of Medicine researchers found that although environment is most influential in determining when girls begin to drink, genes play a larger role if they advance to problem drinking and alcohol dependence.
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