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Genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol dependence risk in a national twin sample: consistency of findings in women and men
Psychological Medicine · 1997 · Vol. 27(6) · pp. 1381–1396
Andrew C. Heath✉(Queensland University of Technology)Kathleen K. Bucholz(Queensland University of Technology)Pamela A. F. Madden(Queensland University of Technology)S H Dinwiddie(Washington University in St. Louis)Wendy S. Slutske(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute)Laura J. Bierut(Washington University in St. Louis)Dixie J. Statham(Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)Michael P. Dunne(Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)John B. Whitfield(Queensland University of Technology)Nicholas G. Martin(Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)
Abstract
Genetic risk-factors play as important a role in determining AD risk in women as in men. With the exception of certain sociocultural variables such as religious affiliation, the same personality, sociodemographic and axis I correlates of alcoholism risk are observed in women and men.
Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentBehavioral Health and InterventionsDemographyPsychologyTwin studyNeuroticismDizygotic twinHeritabilityExtraversion and introversionPersonalityLogistic regressionNovelty seeking
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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlcoholismAustraliaCatholicismDiseases in TwinsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, GeneticPersonalityRegistriesRisk Factors
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