Genetics of Addictions

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-124

  Hartz, Sarah M ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Genetics; Nicotine dependence

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

COMORBIDITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77049114979     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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