Do college students drink more than their non-college-attending peers? Evidence from a population-based longitudinal female twin study

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 530-540

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   Hunt Carter, Erin E ^a   Nabors Oberg, Rachel E ^a   Sher, Kenneth J ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^b   Anokhin, Andrey ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 7244237881     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.4.530     Document Type: Article

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