A longitudinal twin study of fears from middle childhood to early adulthood: Evidence for a developmentally dynamic genome

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-429

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b,e   Gardner, Charles O ^a,b   Annas, Peter ^c   Neale, Michael C ^a,b   Eaves, Lindon J ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTALLY DYNAMIC; DEVELOPMENTALLY STABLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PHOBIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDISH TWIN STUDY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TWINS;

EID: 42049115223     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.4.421     Document Type: Article

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