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Volume 147, Supplement, Pages S1-S3 (17 January 2005)


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The completed suicide as interplay of genes and environment

J. Balažica, A. MarušičbCorresponding Author Informationemail address

published online 02 November 2004.

Abstract 

The review will tackle the interplay of genetic and environmental risk factors behind the completed suicide. First, individual differences in suicidal behaviour in relation to heritability are presented followed by a brief discussion of genetic methods currently used to investigate candidate genes for the completed suicide. Further along the polygenetic, multi-factorial model of genetic proneness to suicidal behaviour is presented as interplay of genes and environment. Finally, the future implications in this quickly blossoming field of research are discussed.

a Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

b Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +386 1 244 1402; fax: +386 1 244 1447.

PII: S0379-0738(04)00596-1

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.082


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