Genetic and environmental contributions to the association between body height and educational attainment: A study of adult finnish twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 477-485

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body height; Education; Environment; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0034434099     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010202902159     Document Type: Article

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