Tests of the effects of adolescent early alcohol exposures on adult outcomes

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-278

  Irons, Daniel E ^a   Iacono, William G ^a   Mcgue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Causality; Co twin control; Longitudinal; Propensity score; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS; UNDERAGE DRINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINNESOTA; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNDERAGE DRINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922985445     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12747     Document Type: Article

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