Relationships between seasonality and alcohol use: A genetic hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Sher, Leo ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0036656299     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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