Modification of the association between serotonin transporter genotype and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults by county-level social environment

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 704-711

  Koenen, Karestan C ^a   Aiello, Allison E ^b   Bakshis, Erin ^b   Amstadter, Ananda B ^d   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^d   Acierno, Ron ^d   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^d   Gelernter, Joel ^e   Galea, Sandro ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Genetics; Serotonin; Serotonin plasma membrane transport proteins; SLC6A4 protein, human; Social environment; Stress disorders, post traumatic; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; CENSUS; CRIME; DNA; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CRIME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYCLONES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449110124     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn397     Document Type: Article

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