Same-Age Unrelated Siblings: A Unique Test of Within-Family Environmental Influences on IQ Similarity

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-390

  Segal, Nancy L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031513776     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.2.381     Document Type: Article

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