Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 201-210 , July 2003

Differential associations of sex and D2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) genotype with negative affect and other substance abuse risk markers in children of alcoholics

Received 23 August 2002 ,Revised 22 May 2003 ,Accepted 7 June 2003.

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