The familial aggregation of common psychiatric and substance use disorders in the National Comorbidity survey: A family history study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue JUNE, 1997, Pages 541-548

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Davis, Christopher G ^b   Kessler, Ronald C ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030853734     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.6.541     Document Type: Article

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