Longitudinal genetic analysis of childhood IQ in 6- and 7-year-old Russian twins

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-291

  Malykh, Sergey B ^a,b   Zyrianova, Nadezhda M ^b   Kuravsky, Lev S ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

^b Psychol Inst Russ Acad Educ   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

CHILD; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RUSSIA; TWINS;

EID: 0041878323     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203322296638     Document Type: Article

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