A finite mixture distribution model for data collected from twins

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-239

  Neale, Michael C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0038343328     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203765693898     Document Type: Article

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