Estimating two-stage models for genetic influences on alcohol, tobacco or drug use initiation and dependence vulnerability in twin and family data

Twin Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-124

  Heath, Andrew C ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Lynskey, Michael T ^a,b   Todorov, Alexandre A ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TWINS;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036117857     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.5.2.113     Document Type: Article

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