There are differences in how the risk of parental alcoholism is transmitted from parent to daughter, than from parent to son, and women are affected to a greater degree by parental alcoholism history, according to Research Society on Alcoholism scientists.

Daughters of alcoholics are affected by a parent's alcoholism in many of the same ways that men are; both are at higher risk for developing alcohol abuse disorders that children of non-alcoholic parents. But there are some differences in how women are influenced, scientists say. Read more.

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