Self-report delinquency and violence in adult twins

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-89

  Rushton, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029741997     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-199622000-00009     Document Type: Article

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