Maltreatment, MAOA, and delinquency: Sex differences in gene-environment interaction in a large population-based cohort of adolescents

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-272

  Aslund C ^a   Nordquist, N ^a   Comasco, E ^a   Leppert, J ^a   Oreland, L ^a   Nilsson, K W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Gene environment interaction; Juvenile delinquency; MAOA; Monoamine oxidase; Sex characteristics

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD MALTREATMENT; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79952448149     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9356-y     Document Type: Article

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