Genetic effects on alcohol dependence risk: Re-evaluating the importance of psychiatric and other heritable risk factors

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1519-1530

  Knopik, Valerie S ^a,b,c,d   Heath, Andrew C ^a,b,c,d   Madden, Pamela A F ^a,b,c,d   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a,b,c,d   Slutske, Wendy S ^a,b,c,d   Nelson, Elliot C ^a,b,c,d   Statham, Dixie ^a,b,c,d   Whitfield, John B ^a,b,c,d   Martin, Nicholas G ^a,b,c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEPHONE; TWINS; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 10044232797     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704002922     Document Type: Article

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