Co-occurrence of abuse of different drugs in men: the role of drug-specific and shared vulnerabilities.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.55.11.967

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Co-occurrence of abuse of different drugs in men: the role of drug-specific and shared vulnerabilities.

Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Nov 1998

Tsuang M T, Lyons M J, Meyer J M, Doyle T, Eisen S A, Goldberg J, True W, Lin N, Toomey R, Eaves L

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BACKGROUND: Previous research has demonstrated genetic and environmental influences on abuse of individual substances, but there is less known about how these factors may influence the co-occurrence of abuse of different illicit drugs. METHODS: We studied 3372 male twin pairs from the Vietnam Era...

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Adult
Comorbidity
Disease Susceptibility
Diseases in Twins
Family
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Humans
Illicit Drugs
Male
Middle Aged
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PMID: 9819064
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.11.967

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