Personality differences in monozygotic twins discordant for cannabis use

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1942-1946

  Vink, Jacqueline M ^a   Nawijn, Laura ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Discordant twins; Experience seeking; Genetic factors; Monozygotic; Neuroticism; Personality; Sensation seeking; Shared environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 36349032723     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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