Twin closeness and co-twin risk for substance use disorders: Assessing the impact of the equal environment assumption

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-164

  LaBuda, Michele C ^a   Svikis, Dace S ^a   Pickens, Roy W ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Genetics; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030744755     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)03045-X     Document Type: Article

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