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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Blacks Have Much Lower Incidence of Alcohol Abuse than Whites
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent,
MedPage Today
Published: April 22, 2008


BETHESDA, Md., April 22 -- Blacks are 40% less likely than whites to develop alcohol abuse and Hispanics are half as likely as whites to develop generalized anxiety disorder.

These are among the few surprises in a major study of the incidence of such disorders, reported Bridget Grant, Ph.D., of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and colleagues online today in Molecular Psychiatry.
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