Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 117-122 , February 2001

Stress as a mediating factor in the association between the DRD2 TaqI polymorphism and alcoholism

  • G.A. Madrid

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, 11201 Benton St., Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
    • ,
  • J. MacMurray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, 11201 Benton St., Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
    • ,
  • J.W. Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, 11201 Benton St., Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
    • ,
  • B.A. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, 11201 Benton St., Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
    • ,
  • D.E. Comings

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-300, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-626-359-8111; fax: +1-626-301-8980

Received 26 June 2000 ,Revised 16 October 2000 ,Accepted 3 November 2000.

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