The genetic aetiology of cannabis use initiation: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and a SNP-based heritability estimation

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 846-850

  Verweij, Karin J H ^a,b   Vinkhuyzen, Anna A E ^a,b   Benyamin, Beben ^a,b   Lynskey, Michael T ^c   Quaye, Lydia ^d   Agrawal, Arpana ^c   Gordon, Scott D ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^c   Heath, Andrew C ^c   Spector, Timothy D ^d   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; cannabis; genetics; heritability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASSOCIATION; CANNABIS; GENETICS; HERITABILITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84882666270     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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