Indicators of genetic and environmental influences in drug abusing individuals

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Johnson, Eric O ^a   Van Den Bree, Marianne B M ^a   Uhl, George R ^a   Pickens, Roy W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Genetics; Males; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029883476     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(96)01223-9     Document Type: Article

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