Genetically informative research on adolescent substance use: Methods, findings, and challenges

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1202-1214

  Lynskey, Michael T ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gene by environment interaction; Genetics; Substance use disorders; Twin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOPTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 78649322737     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.09.004     Document Type: Review

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