Dopamine receptor gene D4 polymorphisms and early sexual onset: Gender and environmental moderation in a sample of African-American youth

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-240

  Kogan, Steven M ^a   Lei, Man Kit ^b   Beach, Steven R H ^b   Brody, Gene H ^b   Windle, Michael ^c   Lee, Sunbok ^b   Mackillop, James ^d   Chen, Yi Fu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Databases as topic; Gene environment interaction; Minority groups; Receptors, Dopamine D4; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR D4 GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEORGIA; MINORITY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTOR;

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905031303     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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