Early sexual abuse and lifetime psychopathology: A co-twin-control study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-52

  Dinwiddie, Stephen H ^a   Heath, A C ^b   Dunne, M P ^b   Bucholz, K K ^b   Madden, P A F ^b   Slutske, W S ^b   Bierut, L J ^b   Statham, D B ^b   Martin, N G ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TWINS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0033975399     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001373     Document Type: Article

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