Cross-sequential analysis of genetic influences on cognitive ability in the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-99

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b,c   McClearn, Gerald E ^c   Plomin, Robert ^d   Berg, Stig ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TWINS;

EID: 0029969825     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825589608256614     Document Type: Article

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