Drinking At An Early Age Can Lead To Later Alcohol Dependence

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:45

An early age at onset of drinking is a strong predictor of subsequent alcohol dependence. New findings indicate that an early AOD among women born after 1944 may account for their increased rates of lifetime AD.

An earlier AOD may be connected to decreased minimum legal drinking age laws.


 

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