Causal influence of age at first drink on alcohol involvement in adulthood and its moderation by familial context

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-713

  Deutsch, Arielle R ^a,b   Slutske, Wendy S ^a,b   Richmond Rakerd, Leah S ^a,b   Chernyavskiy, Pavel ^c   Heath, Andrew C ^b,d   Martin, Nicholas G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Midwest Alcoholism Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882747226     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.703     Document Type: Article

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