Fears and phobias: Reliability and heritability

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 539-553

  Kendler, K S ^a   Karkowski, L M ^b   Prescott, C A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; RECALL; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TELEPHONE; TWINS;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0033010098     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799008429     Document Type: Article

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