Sources of Individual Differences in Stressful Life Event Exposure in Male and Female Twins

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Bolinskey, P Kevin ^a,b   Neale, Michael C ^a   Jacobson, Kristen C ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX LIMITATION MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS; TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 1542514851     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/13690520460741426     Document Type: Article

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