Monoamine oxidase: Associations with alcohol dependence, smoking and other measures of psychopathology

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 443-454

  Whitfield, John B ^a   Pang, D ^b   Bucholz, K K ^b   Madden, P A F ^b   Heath, A C ^b   Statham, D J ^b   Martin, N G ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; SMOKING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PLATELETS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SMOKING;

EID: 0034095908     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001798     Document Type: Article

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