adolescents risk_factor_for alcohol dependence

Subject: adolescents
Relation: risk_factor_for
Object: alcohol dependence
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (2 sources)

Long-term effects of minimum drinking age laws on past-year alcohol and drug use disorders. (2009) PMID:19775322 primary

onset of alcohol ... dependence is concentrated in adolescence

confidence: 0.95

Adolescent but not adult rats exhibit ethanol-mediated appetitive second-order conditioning. (2008) PMID:18782343 cited

they could be at enhanced risk ... for progressing ... to dependence

confidence: 0.90