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Genetic and environmental influences on transitions in drug use.

Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 1999

Tsuang M T, Lyons M J, Harley R M, Xian H, Eisen S, Goldberg J, True W R, Faraone S V

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Genetic and environmental factors influence drug abuse, but abuse represents the culmination of a sequence of events. Different levels of use may have different determinants and these determinants may differ across drug types. Approximately 3200 male-male twin pairs from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry were interviewed by telephone. Data were obtained regarding exposure to six categories of illicit drugs,...

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PMID: 10857252
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021635223370

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