Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 524-530 , September 2010

Familial aggregation of personality disorder: epidemiological evidence from high school students 18 years and older in Beijing, China

  • Hui Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Tel.: +1 517 353 8623; fax: +1 517 432 1130.
    • ,
  • Yueqin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
    • Division of Social Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
    • ,
  • Baohua Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
    • ,
  • Zhaorui Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
    • Division of Social Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Institute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China

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PII: S0010-440X(09)00138-2

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.11.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 524-530 , September 2010

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