A twin study of lifetime Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in older adults: Genetic and environmental influences shared by neuroticism and GAD

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Mackintosh, Margaret Anne ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^a,b   Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; ZYGOSITY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644916090     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776402902     Document Type: Article

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