The implications of simultaneous smoking initiation for inferences about the genetics of smoking behavior from twin data

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 567-576

  Pergadia, Michele L ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental influences; Genetic influences; Simultaneous smoking initiation; Twin data

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33744800949     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-9042-7     Document Type: Article

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