Tobacco, alcohol and drug use in eight- to sixteen-year-old twins: The Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-305

  Maes, Hermine H ^a,b   Woodard, Charlene E ^a   Murrelle, Lenn ^a   Meyer, Joanne M ^a,c   Silberg, Judy L ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a,d   Rutter, Michael ^a,e   Simonoff, Emily ^a,e   Pickles, Andrew ^a,e   Carbonneau, Rene ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a   Eaves, Lindon J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032926993     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.293     Document Type: Article

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