Testosterone and alcohol use among adolescent male twins: Testing between-family associations in within-family comparisons

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-368

  Eriksson, C J Peter ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Pulkkinen, Lea ^c   Rose, Richard J ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent alcohol abuse; Pubertal development; Testosterone; Twin brothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATURATION; PHENOTYPE; PUBERTY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS;

EID: 18144373439     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-3228-x     Document Type: Article

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