Familial transmission of substance use disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 973-979

  Merikangas, Kathleen R ^a   Stolar, Marilyn ^a   Stevens, Denise E ^a   Goulet, Joseph ^a   Preisig, Martin A ^b   Fenton, Brenda ^c   Zhang, Heping ^a   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a   Rounsaville, Bruce J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031734999     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.11.973     Document Type: Article

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