Stressful life events and genetic liability to major depression: Genetic control of exposure to the environment?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 539-547

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Karkowski Shuman, Laura ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030997314     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797004716     Document Type: Article

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