Sex differences in genetic and environmental influences on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in South Korean adolescent and young adult twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-320

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a   Jeong, Hoe Uk ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 45249094596     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.3.314     Document Type: Article

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