Investigating the Influence of Prenatal Androgen Exposure and Sibling Effects on Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder in Females from Opposite-Sex Twin Pairs

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 868-876

  Ellingson, Jarrod M ^a,b   Slutske, Wendy S ^a,b   Richmond Rakerd, Leah S ^a,b   Martin, Nicholas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Midwest Alcohol Research Center   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol Use Disorder; Androgen; Familial; Prenatal; Sibling; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HANGOVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITE SEX TWINS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAME SEX TWINS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; TWINS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANDROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84876794169     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12035     Document Type: Article

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