Socioeconomic status and social support following illicit drug use: Causal pathways or common liability?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-274

  Bergen, Sarah E ^a,c   Gardner, Charles O ^b,c   Aggen, Steven H ^b,c   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 45249087537     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.3.266     Document Type: Article

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