Childhood quality influences genetic sensitivity to environmental influences across adulthood: A life-course Gene × Environment interaction study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1921-1933

  Keers, Robert ^a   Pluess, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042217316     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579417001493     Document Type: Article

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