Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 145-151 , 31 October 2007

Temperament among offspring at high and low risk for depression

  • Beth Bruder-Costello

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Virginia Warner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
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  • Ardesheer Talati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Yoko Nomura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Gerard Bruder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Division of Biopsychology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Myrna Weissman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Division of Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit 24, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 543 5880; fax: +1 212 568 3534.

Received 28 February 2006 ,Revised 15 November 2006 ,Accepted 14 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.02.013

Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 145-151 , 31 October 2007

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