Effects of censored variables on family studies

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-112

  Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^a   Rowe, David C ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored variables; family studies; nonnormality; psychopathology; quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030980253     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025629207083     Document Type: Article

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