The 'Missing Heritability' of common disorders: Should health researchers care?

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-303

  Chaufan, Claudia ^a   Joseph, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PHENOTYPE; TWINS;

ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHENOTYPE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84877728665     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.43.2.f     Document Type: Article

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