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Alcoholism represents one of the most serious health problems in modern industrialized society. In spite of persistent research efforts and preventive initiatives the main problems concerning etiology remain unsolved, while the consumption of alcohol in a society such as Denmark still increases.
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Knop, J., Goodwin, D., Teasdale, T.W., Mikkelsen, U., Schulsinger, F. (1984). A Danish Prospective Study of Young Males at High Risk for Alcoholism. In: Goodwin, D.W., Van Dusen, K.T., Mednick, S.A. (eds) Longitudinal Research in Alcoholism. Longitudinal Research in the Behavioral, Social and Medical Sciences, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5644-5_8
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