Adoption and antisocial personality: Genetic and environmental factors associated with antisocial outcomes

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-149

  Roth, Wendy E ^a   Finley, Gordon E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039146271     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022296026736     Document Type: Review

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