Trauma exposure and Axis I psychopathology: A cotwin control analysis in Norwegian young adults

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 652-660

  Brown, Ruth C ^a   Berenz, Erin C ^a   Aggen, Steven H ^a   Gardner, Charles O ^a   Knudsen, Gun Peggy ^b   Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^a,b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Amstadter, Ananda B ^a  

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

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

cotwin control design; lifetime trauma exposure; psychiatric genetics; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923039524     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034326     Document Type: Article

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