Trends in adolescent alcohol use: Effects of age, sex and cohort on prevalence and heritability

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 518-527

  Geels, Lot M ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b   van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   van der Aa, Niels ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Cohort study; Environmental influence; Heritability; Prevalence; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856749030     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03612.x     Document Type: Article

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