Twin pair resemblance for psychiatric hospitalization in the Swedish twin registry: A 32-year follow-up study of 29,602 twin pairs

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-558

  Prescott, Carol A ^a   Kuhn, Jonathan W ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b First Health Services Corporation   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Anxiety; Ascertainment; Depression; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34250715847     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9143-6     Document Type: Article

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