The Association Between Depression and Heart Disease: The Role of Genetic Factors

Depression and Heart Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 57-98

  de Geus, Eco ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression Scale (CES D); Coronary flow reserve (CFR); Genetic association studies; Genome wide association (GWA); Heritability of cad and cad risk factors; Major depressive disorder; Myocardial infarction (MI); Sudden cardiac death (SCD); Tumour necrosis factor (TNF); White blood cell count (WBC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865513205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470972304.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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