Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 9-13 , January 2001

Heterogeneity in early onset alcoholism suggests a third group of alcoholics

Received 15 February 1999 ,Revised 21 August 2000 ,Accepted 24 August 2000.

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