Pathways from science findings to health benefits

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-542

  Rutter, M ^a   Plomin, R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic and applied research; Experimental medicine; Translational research

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; BASIC RESEARCH; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCIENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROSCIENCES; SCIENCE;

EID: 65549097274     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170800398X     Document Type: Review

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