A Swedish national twin study of lifetime major depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-114

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^b   Gardner, Charles O ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS;

COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 30044443011     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.1.109     Document Type: Article

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