Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Adolescent-Onset Substance Use Disorders

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-477

  Meyers, Jacquelyn L ^a   Dick, Danielle M ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; Drug use; Gene environment interaction; Genetics; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; GENES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953492104     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.03.013     Document Type: Review

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