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

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1016-1022

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

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0031872334     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.8.1016     Document Type: Article

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