Cocaine use, abuse and dependence in a population-based sample of female twins

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 173, Issue OCT., 1998, Pages 345-350

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Prescott, Carol A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 980126 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

EID: 0031719020     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.173.4.345     Document Type: Article

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