Genetic and environmental contributions to the relationship between education and anxiety disorders - a twin study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-212

  Tambs, K ^a   Kendler, K S ^b   Reichborn Kjennerud, T ^a,c   Aggen, S H ^b   Harris, J R ^a   Neale, M C ^b   Hettema, J M ^b   Sundet, J M ^a,c   Battaglia, M ^d,e,f   Roysamb E ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Education; Population genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PANIC; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84856957035     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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