Rehabilitating a genetic perspective in the study of tobacco and alcohol use.

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01800.x

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Rehabilitating a genetic perspective in the study of tobacco and alcohol use.

British journal of addiction - 1 May 1991

Kozlowski L T

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Despite comparable estimates of 'heritability' for tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking, the human genetics of drinking has been a fashionable topic for research, while the human genetics of smoking has been neglected or viewed with suspicion. The differing course of genetic themes in the alcohol...

Topics

Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism
Animals
Diseases in Twins
Genetic Variation
Humans
Phenotype
Risk Factors
Smoking

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