General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 408-413 , September 2006

Is the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and poor health due to a common familial or genetic factor?

  • Peter P. Roy-Byrne, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 341 4201; fax: +1 206 731 3236.
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  • Carolyn Noonan, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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  • Niloofar Afari, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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  • Dedra Buchwald, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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  • Jack Goldberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • Vietnam Era Twin Registry, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98112, USA

Received 17 January 2006 ,Accepted 18 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.007

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 408-413 , September 2006

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