Personality genetics, 2002

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-279

  Benjamin, Jonathan ^a,c   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,b   Belmaker, R H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0037563666     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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