Epigenetics and migration - Considerations based on the incidence of psychosis in south Asians in Luton, England

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 194-196

  Tahira, Aisha ^a,b   Agius, Mark ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CLARE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladeshi; Epigenetics; Migration; Psychosis; South Asian

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIGENETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOSIS; SOUTH ASIA; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; EPIGENOMICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84873582196     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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