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In 1944, as that year’s session of the Yale Summer School of Alcohol Studies was coming to its conclusion, E. M. Jellinek was asked the following question:
“Sir, you referred to a sample of over 4300 inebriates of whom 52% came from alcoholic parents. What was the extent of the alcoholism of the parents?”
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Goodwin, D.W. (1983). Overview. In: Galanter, M., et al. Genetics Behavioral Treatment Social Mediators and Prevention Current Concepts in Diagnosis. Recent Developments in Alcoholism, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3617-4_1
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