Exploring the covariation between anxiety and depression symptoms: A genetic analysis of the effects of age and sex

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1273-1282

  Eley, Thalia C ^a   Stevenson, Jim ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Behavioural genetics; Comorbidity; Depression; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032738395     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004734     Document Type: Article

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