Genetic and environmental risk for major depression in African-American and European-American women

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 244-253

  Duncan, Alexis E ^a,b   Munn Chernoff, Melissa A ^b   Hudson, Darrell L ^a   Eschenbacher, Michaela A ^e   Agrawal, Arpana ^b   Grant, Julia D ^b   Nelson, Elliot C ^b   Waldron, Mary ^b,c   Glowinski, Anne L ^b   Sartor, Carolyn E ^b,d   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^b   Madden, Pamela A F ^b   Heath, Andrew C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e E Kenneth Hatton MD Institute for Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; depression; heritability; race; twins; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISSOURI; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904727571     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2014.28     Document Type: Article

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