Genetic and environmental factors in alexithymia: A population-based study of 8,785 Danish twin pairs

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 369-375

  Jørgensen, Michael Martini ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^a   Skytthe, Axel ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Heritability analysis; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TWINS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34948836794     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107565     Document Type: Article

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