Genetic and environmental influences on drug use and abuse/dependence in male and female twins

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-241

  Van Den Bree, Marianne B M ^a   Johnson, Eric O ^b   Neale, Michael C ^c   Pickens, Roy W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Health Science Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Drug abuse dependence; Drug use; Gender; Genetic and environmental influences; Twins

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0032213002     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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