Genetic susceptibility to burnout in a Swedish twin cohort

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-231

  Blom, Victoria ^a   Bergström, Gunnar ^a   Hallsten, Lennart ^a   Bodin, Lennart ^a   Svedberg, Pia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burnout; Gender; Heredity; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REGISTER; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84860306805     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9661-2     Document Type: Article

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