Cigarette smoking and depression: A question of causation

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-426

  Munafò, Marcus R ^a   Araya, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 2A6; NICOTINE;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; NICOTINE; SMOKING;

EID: 77952999819     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.074880     Document Type: Review

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