Genetic and environmental influences on Anxious/Depression during childhood: A study from the Netherlands Twin Register

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 466-481

  Boomsma, D I ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^a   Hudziak, J J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxious Depression; Childhood; Family environment; Heritability; Rater bias; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 28044472244     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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