Associations of Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, and Drug Use/Dependence with Educational Attainment: Evidence from Cotwin-Control Analyses

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1412-1420

  Grant, Julia D ^a   Scherrer, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Lynskey, Michael T ^a   Agrawal, Arpana ^a   Duncan, Alexis E ^a,c   Haber, Jon Randolph ^d   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a  

^a Midwest Alcoholism Research Institute   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Cotwin control design; Drug dependence; Early substance use; Educational attainment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELECONSULTATION; TWINS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

CANNABIS;

EID: 84864542375     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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