Genetics of depression: A social science perspective

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-401

  Brown, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0029955411     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540269609051554     Document Type: Review

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