GENETICS OF ALCOHOLISM - EFFECTS OF MIGRATION ON CONCORDANCE RATES AMONG MALE TWINS

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ROMANOV, K
KAPRIO, J
ROSE, RJ
KOSKENVUO, M
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[1] INDIANA UNIV,DEPT PSYCHOL,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[2] UNIV TURKU,DEPT PUBL HLTH,SF-20500 TURKU 50,FINLAND
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TWINS; CONCORDANCE; ALCOHOLISM; MIGRATION;
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We have extended linkage of the population-based Finnish Twin Cohort to alcohol-related hospital discharge data through 1985. The sample included 10,680 individual male twins greater-than-or-equal-to age 30 at time of linkage; 269 of these twins (2.5%) had received an alcohol-related hospital diagnosis. Twin analyses confirm significant genetic variance in alcohol-related disorders, but suggest that concordance for these disorders is greater for twins living within limited geographic areas, perhaps due to restricted social mobility among those who abuse alcohol.
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