Genetic and environmental influences on trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A twin study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1675-1681

  Stein, Murray B ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^a   Taylor, Steven ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Livesley, W John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; DISASTER; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TWINS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036789213     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1675     Document Type: Article

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