Prenatal hormone exposure and risk for eating disorders: A comparison of opposite-sex and same-sex twins

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Culbert, Kristen M ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a   Burt, S Alexandra ^a   Klump, Kelly L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; TWINS; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 40349096463     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2007.47     Document Type: Article

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