Genetic and environmental influences on the rate of progression to alcohol dependence in young women

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 632-638

  Sartor, Carolyn E ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Lynskey, Michael T ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Course; Genetics; Transition; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 41149116262     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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