Genetic and familial environmental effects on suicide - an adoption study of siblings

BACKGROUND: While there is clear evidence of familial influences on suicide, the origin of these is less certain. We have investigated genetic and familial environmental factors by studying the occurrence of suicide in biological and adoptive siblings of adoptees who died by suicide compared to sibl...

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Main Authors: Petersen, L, Sørensen, T, Andersen, P, Mortensen, P, Hawton, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013