Intellectual, cognitive, and academic performance among sons of alcoholics during the early school years: Differences related to subtypes of familial alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1020-1027

  Poon, Edwin ^a   Ellis, Deborah A ^b   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^a   Zucker, Robert A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MSU UM Longitudinal Study ^*

Author keywords

Academic Achievement; Children of Alcoholics; Cognitive Functioning; Family Alcoholism Subtypes; Intellectual Functioning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033864891     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200007000-00012     Document Type: Article

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