A developmental twin study of church attendance and alcohol and nicotine consumption: A model for analyzing the changing impact of genes and environment

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1150-1155

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Myers, John ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70349643545     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020182     Document Type: Article

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