Segregation analysis of drinking problem in elderly men and their first-degree relatives from the Western Collaborative Group Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 309-315

  Cheng, Li Shu Chuan ^a   Carmelli, Dorit ^b   Swan, Gary E ^b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking problem; Family history; Major gene effect; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR GENE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 0033855866     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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