Alcohol, tobacco and caffeine use: Spouse similarity processes

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-215

  Reynolds, Chandra A ^a   Barlow, Tracy ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phenotypic assortment; Social homogamy; Spouses; Substance use; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHENOTYPE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL HOMOGAMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; SPOUSE SIMILARITY; SWEDEN; TOBACCO; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAFFEINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33646359994     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-9026-7     Document Type: Article

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