The Effects of Age at Drinking Onset and Stressful Life Events on Alcohol Use in Adulthood: A Replication and Extension Using a Population-Based Twin Sample

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 693-704

  Lee, Lewina O ^a,b   Young Wolff, Kelly C ^a,b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Prescott, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at First Drink; Early Onset Drinking; Sex Differences; Stressful Life Events; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859209486     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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