A population-based twin study of lifetime major depression in men and women

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Prescott, Carol A ^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

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032954516     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.1.39     Document Type: Article

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