Religious attendance and frequency of alcohol use: Same genes or same environments: A bivariate extended twin kinship model

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-179

  Maes, Hermine H ^a,d   Neale, Michael C ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Eaves, Lindon J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Centre for Research and Development Monitoring   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Genetic and environmental factors; Genetics; Model; Mx; Religious attendance; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TWINS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032841997     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320566031     Document Type: Article

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