Twin studies in psychiatry;Tvillingstudier i psykiatrien

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3322-3328

  Kringlen, Einar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; TWINS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033588745     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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