Recent advances in the genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics of substance use disorders

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-189

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Chen, Xiangning ^a,b   Dick, Danielle ^a,b   Maes, Hermine ^a,b   Gillespie, Nathan ^a,b   Neale, Michael C ^a,b   Riley, Brien ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; NICOTINIC ACID;

ALCOHOLISM; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84863046852     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3018     Document Type: Review

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