Addictions and their familiality in Iceland

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1187, Issue , 2010, Pages 208-217

  Tyrfingsson, Thorarinn ^a   Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E ^b   Geller, Frank ^b   Runarsdóttir, Valgerdur ^a   Hansdóttir, Ingunn ^a   Bjornsdottir, Gyda ^b   Wiste, Anna K ^b,c   Jonsdottir, Gudrun A ^b   Stefansson, Hreinn ^b   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^b   Oskarsson, Hogni ^d   Gudbjartsson, Daniel ^b   Stefansson, Kari ^b,e  

^a Vogur SAA Addiction Treatment Center   (Iceland)

^b DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Therapeia   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol dependence; Amphetamine dependence; Cannabis dependence; Familial aggregation; Familiality; Family studies; Genetics; Relative risk; Sedative dependence; Substance dependence; Substance disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENEALOGY; ICELAND; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CANNABIS;

EID: 77949291053     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05151.x     Document Type: Review

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