The behavioral genetics of alcoholism

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 109-115

  McGue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Genotype environment interaction; Heritability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245789     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00026     Document Type: Article

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