History and geography of suicide: Could genetic risk factors account for the variation in suicide rates?

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 133 C, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Marušič, Andrej ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Gene environment interaction; Populational genetics; Vulnerability to suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD CLIMATE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LANGUAGE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVENIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUICIDE;

EID: 13244287879     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30045     Document Type: Review

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