Genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol dependence risk in a national twin sample: Consistency of findings in women and men

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1381-1396

  Heath, A C ^a   Bucholz, K K ^b   Madden, P A F ^b   Dinwiddie, S H ^b   Slutske, W S ^b   Bierut, L J ^b   Statham, D J ^b   Dunne, M P ^b   Whitfield, J B ^b   Martin, N G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CATHOLICISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030734275     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005643     Document Type: Article

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