Limitations of DSM-IV operationalizations of alcohol abuse and dependence in a sample of Australian twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 574-584

  Lynskey, Michael T ^a,b   Nelson, Elliot C ^b   Neuman, Rosalind J ^b   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^b   Knopik, Valerie S ^b   Slutske, Wendy ^c   Whitfield, John B ^a,d   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28544441578     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242705774860178     Document Type: Article

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