Heritability and Biological Explanation

Psychological Review

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 782-791

  Turkheimer, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE;

BIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0032193748     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.105.4.782-791     Document Type: Article

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