@article{ref1,
title="The relationship of spinal cord injury trauma to alcohol misuse: a study of monozygotic twins",
journal="Journal of spinal cord medicine",
year="2004",
author="Seltz, Megan and Radnitz, Cynthia and Bauman, William A.",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="18-21",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Substance misuse frequently is correlated with serious trauma such as spinal cord injury (SCI). Two hypotheses to this effect are (a) substance abuse predates injury and is a risk factor or trigger for serious injury such as SCI; or (b)substance abuse begins postinjury, and alcohol or other drugs are used to ameliorate the physical and emotional distress that result from SCI. METHODS: To test these two hypotheses, 1 4 pairs of monozygotic twins, in which 1 of each pair had sustained an SCI, were studied. The twin without SCI was used as a control for preinjury substance misuse status for the twin with SCI. RESULTS: No significant differences between SCI and non-SCI co-twins' substance use patterns were found. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that drinking patterns might not be significantly affected by SCI and that substance misuse might precede injury.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0268",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}