A population-based study of familial and individual-specific environmental contributions to traumatic event exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a norwegian twin sample

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 656-662

  Amstadter, Ananda B ^a   Aggen, Steven H ^a   Knudsen, Gun Peggy ^b   Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^b,c   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,d  

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

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; posttraumatic stress disorder; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84873826536     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.43     Document Type: Article

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