Tilting at twindmills: Rethinking sociological responses to behavioral genetics

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-135

  Freese, Jeremy ^a   Powell, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0042266347     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519803     Document Type: Review

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