Childhood sexual abuse moderates genetic influences on age at first consensual sexual intercourse in women

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Waldron, Mary ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a   Turkheimer, Eric N ^b   Emery, Robert E ^b   Nelson, Elliot ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age at first consensual sexual intercourse; Behavior genetics; Childhood sexual abuse (CSA); Gene environment interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; FEMALE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 38349171520     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9176-x     Document Type: Article

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