Future work on remission should examine measured environmental influences at multiple developmental stages in the life course, and also at different stages in the course of alcohol use (regardless of life stage) because genetic and environmental influences may vary as a function of chronological life course or as a function of course of AUD. A broad range of environmental factors should be examined, ranging from socio-economic status to medications taken by one twin but not the other. Generalizability to other samples should also be examined because environmental differences may influence drinking patterns and remission (Rose et al. 1999, 2001a).
