Hormonal and behavioral homeostasis in boys at risk for substance abuse

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 165-176

  Dawes, Michael A ^a   Dorn, Lorah D ^a   Moss, Howard B ^a   Yao, Jeffrey K ^a   Kirisci, Levent ^a   Ammerman, Robert T ^a,b   Tarter, Ralph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family and peer dysfunction; Hormonal and behavioral homeostasis; Personality; Substance abuse liability

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FAMILY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FAMILY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032899260     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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