Familial influences on gambling behavior: An analysis of 3359 twin pairs

Addiction

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1375-1384

  Eisen, Seth A ^a,b   Lin, Nong ^a,b   Lyons, Michael J ^c,d,e   Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^b,e   Griffith, Kristin ^a,b   True, William R ^b,e   Goldberg, Jack ^f,g   Tsuang, Ming T ^d,h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; TELEPHONE; TWINS;

EID: 0031689572     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.93913758.x     Document Type: Article

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