Chronic fatigue and personality: A twin study of causal pathways and shared liabilities

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-298

  Poeschla, Brian ^a   Strachan, Eric ^a,b   Dansie, Elizabeth ^b   Buchwald, Dedra S ^b   Afari, Niloofar ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Extraversion; Genetic; Neuroticism; Personality; Twin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; EMOTION; EXTRAVERSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

AGED; EMOTIONS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TWINS;

EID: 84877873215     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9463-5     Document Type: Article

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