Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 43-48 , 1 April 2010

A new definition of early age at onset in alcohol dependence

  • Yann Le Strat

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U894/U675, Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, 2 ter, rue d’Alésia, 75014 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 01 44 85 63 47; fax: +33 01 44 85 63 48.
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  • Bridget F. Grant

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Washington, Washington DC, USA
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  • Nicolas Ramoz

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U894/U675, Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, 2 ter, rue d’Alésia, 75014 Paris, France
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  • Philip Gorwood

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U894/U675, Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, 2 ter, rue d’Alésia, 75014 Paris, France
    • AP-HP, Sainte Anne Hospital (Paris VI), Paris, France

Received 15 April 2009 ,Revised 12 November 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.011

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 108, Issue 1 , Pages 43-48 , 1 April 2010

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