ADHD: Sibling interaction or dominance: An evaluation of statistical power

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-255

  Rietveld, M J H ^a   Posthuma, D ^a   Dolan, C V ^b   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Genetic dominance; Heritability; Power calculation; Sibling interaction; Statistical power; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0038777229     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023490307170     Document Type: Article

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