The Virginia twin-family study of adolescent behavioral development: Assessing sample biases in demographic correlates of psychopathology

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1119-1133

  Meyer, J M ^a   Silberg, J L ^b   Simonoff, E ^b   Kendler, K S ^b   Hewitt, J K ^b  

^a MCV Station   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PARENT; PHOBIA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029849649     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700035844     Document Type: Article

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