Social support: A genetic-epidemiologic analysis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1398-1404

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TWINS;

EID: 0030770413     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.10.1398     Document Type: Article

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