Genetic Epidemiology of Alcohol-Induced Blackouts

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-263

  Nelson, Elliot C ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Fu, Qiang ^b   Knopik, Valerie ^a   Lynskey, Michael T ^a   Whitfield, John B ^d   Statham, Dixie J ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REGISTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10744223321     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.3.257     Document Type: Article

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