Genetic and environmental contributions to the overlap between psychological, fatigue and somatic symptoms: A twin study in Sri Lanka

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Ball, Harriet A ^a   Siribaddana, Sisira H ^b   Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Kovas, Yulia ^a,c   Glozier, Nick ^a,d   Rijsdijk, Frühling ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sri Lankan Twin Registry   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Genetic; Somatic; Sri Lanka; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951599933     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.1.53     Document Type: Article

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