Psychiatric genetics: A methodologic critique

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-11

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11844254724     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.1.3     Document Type: Review

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