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Genetic and environmental contributions to the relationship between education and anxiety disorders - a twin study.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2012
Tambs K, Kendler K S, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Aggen S H, Harris J R, Neale M C, Hettema J M, Sundet J M, Battaglia M, Røysamb E
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the negative statistical relationship between educational level and risk of anxiety disorders, and to estimate to what extent this relationship may be explained by genes or environmental factors influencing both phenotypes. METHOD: Registry data on educational level for 3339 young adult Norwegian twin pairs and diagnostic data on anxiety disorders for 1385 of these pairs were analysed,...
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