Bias in a protocol for a meta-analysis of 5-HTTLPR, stress, and depression

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; LETTER; LIFE STRESS; LIFESPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOOD DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STUDY DESIGN; VIOLENCE; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902300141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-179     Document Type: Letter

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