The genetics of alcohol intake and of alcohol dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1153-1160

  Whitfield, John B ^a,b   Zhu, Gu ^b   Madden, Pamela A ^c   Neale, Michael C ^d   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Alcohol Intake; Genetic Effects; Repeatability; Twin Study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 4243187108     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000134221.32773.69     Document Type: Article

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