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Genetic and environmental components to self-induced vomiting.
The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Apr 2016
Peterson Claire M, Baker Jessica H, Thornton Laura M, Trace Sara E, Mazzeo Suzanne E, Neale Michael C, Munn-Chernoff Melissa A, Lichtenstein Paul, Pedersen Nancy L, Bulik Cynthia M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between the genetic and environmental factors contributing to the liability to having ever engaged in self-induced vomiting (SIV initiation) and the genetic and environmental factors contributing to regular SIV behaviors (weekly or daily) for weight control. METHOD: SIV was assessed in 3,942 women from monozygotic twin pairs and 2,790 women from same-sex dizygotic twin...
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