Psychiatric diagnoses and inconsistent results of association studies in behavioral genetics

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-209

  Sher, L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034104326     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0022     Document Type: Article

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