Misconceptions about gene-environment interactions in psychiatry

Evidence-Based Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Zammit, Stanley ^a,b   Owen, Michael J ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PSYCHIATRY; RISK; MENTAL DISORDERS;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RISK;

EID: 77955893203     PISSN: 13620347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.13.3.65     Document Type: Note

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