Exposure to paternal alcoholism does not predict development of alcohol-use disorders in offspring: Evidence from an offspring-of-twins study

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 649-656

  Duncan, Alexis E ^a   Scherrer, Jeffrey ^a,b   Fu, Qiang ^a,c   Bucholz, Kathleen Keenan ^a,c   Heath, Andrew C ^a   True, William R ^a,c   Haber, Jon R ^a,d,e   Howell, Donelle ^a,d,e   Jacob, Theodore ^a,d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWINS; VIET NAM;

EID: 33746746412     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.649     Document Type: Article

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