Depression: Too Much Negative Affect or Too Little Positive Affect?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 19-20

  Wichers, Marieke ^a   Jacobs, Nele ^a,b   Derom, Catherine ^c,d   Thiery, Evert ^c   Van os, Jim ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008560203     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.supp.19     Document Type: Article

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