Neighborhood crime and depressive symptoms among African American women: Genetic moderation and epigenetic mediation of effects

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-128

  Lei, Man Kit ^a   Beach, Steven R H ^a   Simons, Ronald L ^a   Philibert, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; African American women; Depressive symptoms; DNA methylation; Neighborhood crime

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CRIME; DNA; GENE; METHYLATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

5 HTT GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EMOTIONALITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CRIME; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84945946142     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.035     Document Type: Article

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