Subject and informant characteristics influence the reliability and validity of family history information: An analysis based on the generalized estimating equations approach

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 60-67

  Heun, Reinhard ^a   Kockler, Martin ^a   Papassotiropoulos, Andreas ^a   Ptok, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Family history information; Family study

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003162188     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.80     Document Type: Article

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