Article
Familial transmission of substance dependence: alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and habitual smoking: a report from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Nov 1998
Bierut L J, Dinwiddie S H, Begleiter H, Crowe R R, Hesselbrock V, Nurnberger J I, Porjesz B, Schuckit M A, Reich T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alcoholism and substance dependence frequently co-occur. Accordingly, we evaluated the familial transmission of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine dependence and habitual smoking in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. METHODS: Subjects (n=1212) who met criteria for bot...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alcoholism
- Cocaine-Related Disorders
- Comorbidity
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Marijuana Abuse
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence