Tobacco, alcohol and drug use in eight- to sixteen-year-old twins: the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development. - Concepedia

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Tobacco, alcohol and drug use in eight- to sixteen-year-old twins: the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development.

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1999

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Hermine H. Maes, Colin Woodard, Lenn Murrelle, Joanne M. Meyer, Judy L. Silberg, Jay Hewitt, Michael Rutter, Emily Simonoff, Andrew Pickles, René Carbonneau,

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Abstract

Genetic factors explained a significant proportion of the variation in the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. Shared environmental factors contributed significantly to lifetime alcohol use and other drug use.