Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 107, Issue 2 , Pages 230-236 , 1 March 2010

Empirically defined subtypes of alcohol dependence in an Irish family sample

  • Nicole D. Sintov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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  • Kenneth S. Kendler

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
    • ,
  • Kelly C. Young-Wolff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    • ,
  • Dermot Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Health Research Board, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Diana G. Patterson

      Affiliations

    • Shaftsbury Square Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Carol A. Prescott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychology/SGM 501, University of Southern California, 3620 South McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061, USA. Tel.: +1 213 740 2314; fax: +1 213 746 9082.

Received 8 December 2008 ,Revised 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.003

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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