Searching for an Environmental Effect of Parental Alcoholism on Offspring Alcohol Use Disorder: A Genetically Informed Study of Children of Alcoholics

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 534-551

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^b   Turkheimer, Eric ^c   Emery, Robert E ^c   Harden, K Paige ^c   Heath, Andrew C ^d   Martin, Nicholas G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcoholism; children of alcoholics; children of twins; multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGENY;

EID: 50849121107     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012907     Document Type: Article

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