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Surname study of suicide in Austria: differences in regional suicide rates correspond to the genetic structure of the population.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift - 1 Jan 2007
Voracek Martin, Sonneck Gernot
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OBJECTIVES: There is convergent evidence from adoption, family, geographical, immigrant, molecular genetic, twin and, most recently, surname studies of suicide for genetic contributions to suicide risk. Surnames carry information about genetic relatedness or distance and, in patrilineal surname systems, are a close substitute for Y-chromosome markers and haplotypes, since surname transmission is similar to the...
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