Combat exposure severity as a moderator of genetic and environmental liability to post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1499-1509

  Wolf, E J ^a,b   Mitchell, K S ^a,b   Koenen, K C ^c   Miller, M W ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Combat exposure; G E; genetic; post traumatic stress disorder; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84897387451     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002286     Document Type: Article

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