Gene x environment interaction and the moderating effect of adoption agency disclosure on estimating genetic effects

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-380

  Riggins Caspers, Kristin ^a   Cadoret, Remi J ^a   Panak, William ^b   Lempers, Jacques D ^c   Troughton, Edward ^a   Stewart, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Behavioral genetics; Bias; Environment; Genes; Interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001374888     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00248-7     Document Type: Article

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