Substance use disorders and adoption: findings from a national sample.

BACKGROUND: Prior research has shown that adoptees have a higher rate of substance use disorders (SUDs) than nonadoptees. But these findings have not been verified with a population-based sample of adult adoptees in the United States. Also, no previous adoption study has measured the prevalence of e...

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Main Authors: Gihyun Yoon, Joseph Westermeyer, Marion Warwick, Michael A Kuskowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3499473?pdf=render