Testing a genetic structure of blood-injury-injection fears

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 377-384

  Page, A C ^a   Martin, N G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fears; Multivariate genetic analyses; Twin pairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COVARIANCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TWINS;

EID: 0031666722     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980907)81:5<377::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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