Rethinking twins and environments: Possible social sources for assumed genetic influences in twin research

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-129

  Horwitz, Allan V ^a,b   Videon, Tami M ^a,b,c   Schmitz, Mark F ^a,d   Davis, Diane ^a,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Camden Campus of Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY; TIME; TWINS; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042266344     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519802     Document Type: Article

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