Genetic and environmental covariations among obsessive-compulsive symptoms, neuroticism, and extraversion in south korean adolescent and young adult twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-149

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66249111141     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.2.142     Document Type: Article

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