A Population-Based Twin Study of Alcoholism in Women

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 268, Issue 14, 1992, Pages 1877-1882

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^b   Neale, Michael C ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^c   Eaves, Lindon J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0026722999     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03490140085040     Document Type: Article

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