Happy families: A twin study of humour

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Cherkas, Lynn ^a   Hochberg, Fran ^a   MacGregor, Alex J ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Humour; Model fitting; Multivariate; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMOR; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0034078818     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.3.1.17     Document Type: Article

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