The heritability of common phobic fear: A twin study of a clinical sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 549-562

  Skre, Ingunn ^a   Onstad, Sidsel ^b   Torgersen, Svenn ^c   Lygren, Sidsel ^d   Kringlen, Einar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heritability; Phobic fear; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PHOBIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034541641     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(00)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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