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Title
Age at drinking onset and alcohol dependence: age at onset, duration, and severity.
Authors
Hingson, Ralph W; Heeren, Timothy; Winter, Michael R
Abstract
To examine whether starting to drink at an early age is associated with developing alcohol dependence at a younger age and chronic relapsing dependence, controlling for respondent demographics, smoking and illicit drug use, childhood antisocial behavior and depression, and family alcoholism history.