Heritability of anxiety sensitivity: A twin study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 246-251

  Stein, Murray B ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^b   Livesley, W John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032983377     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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