Genetic and shared environmental influences on leisure-time interests in male adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 791-801

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a   McGue, Matt ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0030295374     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(96)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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