Sex differences in genetic and environmental risk factors for irrational fears and phobias

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-217

  Kendler, K S ^a,b   Jacobson, K C ^a   Myers, J ^a   Prescott, C A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036174046     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170100513X     Document Type: Article

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