Alcohol dependence and reproductive onset: Findings in two Australian twin cohorts

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1865-1874

  Waldron, Mary ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Reproductive timing; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 54249140163     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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