Determining gene moderation of environmental risk factors for a mental disorder: A "perfect storm" of methodological problems

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-194

  Kraemer, Helena Chmura ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Genes; Interaction; Methods; Moderation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865988085     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1360     Document Type: Article

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