Tobacco, cannabis, and other illicit drug use among finnish adolescent twins: Causal relationship or correlated liabilities?

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-14

  Huizink, Anja C ^a,b   Levälahti, Esko ^a,b   Korhonen, Tellervo ^a,b,c   Dick, Danielle M ^a,d   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a,e   Rose, Richard J ^a,b,f   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76449117341     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.5     Document Type: Article

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