Major depression and the environment: A psychiatric genetic perspective

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-9

  Kendler, K S ^a,b  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 0031613265     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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