Genetic epidemiology of psychiatric disorders

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 144-155

  Merikangas, Kathleen Ries ^a   Swendsen, Joel David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS;

EID: 0030722554     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017937     Document Type: Review

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