Measures of Current Alcohol Consumption and Problems: Two Independent Twin Studies Suggest a Complex Genetic Architecture

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2152-2161

  Dick, Danielle M ^a   Meyers, Jacquelyn L ^a   Rose, Richard J ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c,d   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Dependence; Gene Finding; Genetic Influence; Twin Studies

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TWINS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855193942     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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