Citation bias and selective focus on positive findings in the literature on the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR), life stress and depression

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Psychological Medicine

• Publication date

  2016-08-12

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1017/S0033291716000805PMID 27515846
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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