Caregiving and 5-HTTLPR Genotype Predict Adolescent Physiological Stress Reactivity: Confirmatory Tests of Gene × Environment Interactions

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 985-994

  Sumner, Jennifer A ^a   Mclaughlin, Katie A ^b   Walsh, Kate ^a   Sheridan, Margaret A ^c   Koenen, Karestan C ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84937163128     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12357     Document Type: Article

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