Latent class analysis of Temperance Board registrations in Swedish male-male twin pairs born 1902 to 1949: Searching for subtypes of alcoholism

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 803-813

  Kendler, K S ^a   Karkowski, L M ^a   Prescott, C A ^a   Pedersen, N L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CRIME; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUNKEN DRIVING; DRUNKENNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRISON; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031871801     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329179800676X     Document Type: Article

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