Sex differences in symptoms of depression in unrelated individuals and opposite-sex twin and sibling pairs

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 632-636

  Middeldorp, Christel M ^a,b   Wray, Naomi R ^c   Andrews, Gavin ^d   Martin, Nicholas G ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWINS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33750362925     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706778553507     Document Type: Article

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