A study of depressive symptoms and smoking behavior in adult male twins from the NHLBI twin study.

doi:10.1080/14622200307259

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A study of depressive symptoms and smoking behavior in adult male twins from the NHLBI twin study.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Feb 2003

McCaffery Jeanne M, Niaura Raymond, Swan Gary E, Carmelli Dorit

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Self-report measures of depressive symptoms, such as the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), correlate with current and lifetime smoking status. In one previous study of adult female twins, genetic factors accounted for the covariation of liability to a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and liability to lifetime smoking (Kendler, Neale, MacLean, Heath, Eaves, & Kessler, 1993b,...

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Adult
Aged
Depression
Environment
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Smoking
Surveys and Questionnaires
Twins

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PMID: 12745509
DOI: 10.1080/14622200307259

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