Long-term stability and heritability of telephone interview measures of alcohol consumption and dependence

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-305

  Hansell, Narelle K ^a,d   Agrawal, Arpana ^b   Whitfield, John B ^a   Morley, Katherine I ^c   Zhu, Gu ^a   Lind, Penelope A ^a   Pergadia, Michele L ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^b   Todd, Richard D ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 45449113821     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.3.287     Document Type: Article

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