The relationship between genetic influences on alcohol dependence and on patterns of alcohol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1058-1065

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Myers, John ^a,b   Dick, Danielle ^a,b,c   Prescott, Carol A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Dependence; Heritability; Twin Studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZYGOSITY; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77952927110     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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