A school health nurse is asked by a parent group to explain risk factors for alcoholism.Which of the following information should the nurse include?

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Research demonstrates that genes are responsible for about half of the risk for abuse of alcohol.Multiple genes play a role in a person's risk for the development of alcoholism.Research has not shown that the family environment is the main risk factor for alcoholism.Alcoholism is more common among men than women.Persons who are born with fetal alcohol syndrome are not alcoholics from birth and are likely to have metabolic or other disturbances.

A School Health Nurse Is Asked by a Parent Group