N. G. Martin

Exploring the inter-relationship of smoking age-at-onset, cigarette consumption and smoking persistence: Genes or environment? (2007)

Morley, K. I., Lynskey, M. T., Madden, P. A., Treloar, S. A., Heath, A. C., Martin, N. G.

BACKGROUND: We investigated the genetic and environmental contributions to covariation between smoking age-at-onset, cigarette consumption and smoking persistence. METHOD: Multivariate biometrical...

Genetic and environmental risk factors shared between disordered eating, psychological and family variables (2000)

Wade, T., Martin, N. G., Tiggemann, M., Abraham, S., Treloar, S. A., Heath, A. C.

The aim of this paper is to examine the sources and structure of covariation between disordered eating, neuroticism, parental care and protection, self-esteem and emotional reliance on other people....

Frequency of church attendance in Australia and the United States: models of family resemblance (1999)

Kirk, K. M., Maes, H., Neale, M. C., Heath, A., Martin, N. G., Eaves, L. J.

Data on frequency of church attendance have been obtained from separate cohorts of twins and their families from the USA and Australia (29 063 and 20 714 individuals from 5670 and 5615 families,...

Genetic differences in alcohol sensitivity and the inheritance of alcoholism risk. (1999)

Heath, A., Madden, P. A., Bucholz, K. K., Dinwiddie, S. H., Slutske, W. W., Bierut, L. J., ...

Background. Substantial evidence exists for an important genetic contribution to alcohol dependence risk in women and men. It has been suggested that genetically determined differences in alcohol...

Somatic distress as a distinct psychological dimension (1999)

Gillespie, N., Kirk, K. M., Heath, A. C., Martin, N. G., Hickie, I.

Background: Somatoform disorders such as neurasthenia and chronic fatigue are characterized by a combination of prolonged fatigue and disabling neuropsychological and neuromuscular symptoms. However,...