Gender differences in heritability of depressive symptoms in the elderly

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-479

  Jansson, Mårten ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Gatz, M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Berg, S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Johansson, B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Malmberg, B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   McClearn, G E ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Schalling, M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2342433341     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703001375     Document Type: Article

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