Social constraints, genetic vulnerability, and mental health following collective stress

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 497-505

  Holman, E Alison ^a   Lucas Thompson, Rachel G ^b   Lu, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053130369     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20671     Document Type: Article

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