Reliability and reporting biases for perceived parental history of alcohol-related problems: Agreement between twins and differences between discordant pairs

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-395

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Dinwiddie, Stephen H ^a   Dunne, Michael P ^a   Statham, Dixie J ^a,b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PROGENY; REARING; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0030004634     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1996.57.387     Document Type: Article

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