Genes and social skills

BioEssays

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1125-1127

  Scourfield, Jane ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a   Thapar, Anita ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031453213     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950191212     Document Type: Review

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