Genetic and environmental contributions to age of onset of alcohol dependence symptoms in male twins

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1403-1409

  Liu, I Chao ^a   Blacker, Deborah L ^b,c   Xu, Ronghui ^b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett ^b   Tsuang, Ming T ^b,c   Lyons, Michael J ^d  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Random effects; Survival model; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BERESFORD CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS III REVISED; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; NELSON CLASSIFICATION; ONSET AGE; RANDOM EFFECTS; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS; VIETNAM ERA TWIN REGISTRY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8544255535     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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