Comorbidity of major depression and anxiety disorders in twin pairs

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 1199-1202

  Torgersen, Svenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0025061434     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.147.9.1199     Document Type: Article

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