Accounting for the association between childhood maltreatment and alcohol-use disorders in males: A twin study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-70

  Young Wolff, K C ^a   Kendler, K S ^b   Ericson, M L ^a   Prescott, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; child abuse; child neglect; family environment; genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 78650310302     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710000425     Document Type: Article

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