Effect of COMT Val158Met polymorphism on personality traits and educational attainment in a longitudinal population representative study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 492-498

  Lehto, K ^a   Akkermann, K ^a   Parik, J ^b   Veidebaum, T ^c   Harro, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Child Development; Epidemiology; Genetics; Neurotransmitters; Social and cross cultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; SOCIAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84884985565     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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