Genetic and environmental influences on vocabulary IQ: Parental education level as moderator

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1151-1162

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETICS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; TWINS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033194111     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00084     Document Type: Article

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