Dysgenesis and IQ: What evidence is relevant?

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1236-1239

  Loehlin, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0041102960     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.11.1236     Document Type: Article

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