Genetic and environmental influences on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in adults: A population-based twin-family study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1635-1644

  Van Grootheest, Daniël S ^a   Cath, Daniëlle C ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 35348963139     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000980     Document Type: Article

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