Quantitative genetic analysis of Internalising and Externalising Problems in a large sample of 3-year-old twins

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-33

  Van Der Valk, J C ^a,b   Verhulst, F C ^a   Stroet, T M ^b   Boomsma, D I ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Child Behavior Checklist; Pre school children; Problem behaviour; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TWINS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS;

EID: 0032057663     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.1.25     Document Type: Article

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