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ALCOHOLISM, DRUG DEPENDENCY AND SEX CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES
Author(s) -
Bartholomew Allen A.,
Sutherland G.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107189.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , chromosome , population , genetics , y chromosome , drug , biology , medicine , psychiatry , gene , physics , environmental health , optics
A selected sample of 143 prisoners was investigated for the presence of sex chromosome abnormalities. The incidence of abnormal sex chromosome findings in this criminal population was very low, and any such abnormalities are simply interesting findings. However, there is likely to be an increased incidence of sex chromosome abnormalities in a population of alcoholics.