Subtypes of illicit drug users: A latent class analysis of data from an Australian twin sample

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-530

  Lynskey, Michael T ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Nelson, Elliot C ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Todorov, Alexandre A ^a   Grant, Julia D ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; ADDICTION; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 33750094762     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706778024964     Document Type: Article

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