Educational attainment, smoking initiation and lifetime nicotine dependence among male Vietnam-era twins

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1287-1297

  McCaffery, J M ^a,j   Papandonatos, G D ^b   Lyons, M J ^c,d,e   Koenen, K C ^f,g   Tsuang, M T ^d,e,h   Niaura, R ⁱ  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j Brown University Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Education level; Twins

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 48749089998     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707001882     Document Type: Article

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