Association between co-twin sex and eating disorders in opposite sex twin pairs: Evaluations in North American, Norwegian, and Swedish samples

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-77

  Lydecker, Janet A ^a   Pisetsky, Emily M ^b   Mitchell, Karen S ^a,c,d,e   Thornton, Laura M ^f   Kendler, Kenneth S ^c,g   Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^h,i,j   Lichtenstein, Paul ^k   Bulik, Cynthia M ^f   Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^a,c,g  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^k KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Eating disorders; Estrogen; Opposite sex twin pairs; Prenatal hormone exposure; Testosterone; Twin study

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 84455191887     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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