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Ralph Hingson, Timothy Heeren, Michael R. Winter, and Henry Wechsler
Early Age of First Drunkenness as a Factor in College Students’ Unplanned and Unprotected Sex Attributable to Drinking
Pediatrics 2003; 111: 34-41 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read eLetters] Perhaps this is simply a physiologic/psychological biomarker
James M. Howard   (2 January 2003)

Perhaps this is simply a physiologic/psychological biomarker 2 January 2003
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James M. Howard,
biologist
1037 North Woolsey Avenue, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.

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jmhoward{at}arkansas.net James M. Howard

Perhaps impulsive behavior is a characteristic that manifests itself as early drinking in these individuals and the behaviors attributed to early alcohol consumption may be nothing more than continued impulsive behavior. Impulsiveness may be a persistant biomarker of the study subjects.