The role of the children of twins design in elucidating causal relations between parent characteristics and child outcomes

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1130-1144

  D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a   Turkheimer, Eric N ^a   Eaves, Lindon J ^b   Corey, Linda A ^b   Berg, Kare ^c   Solaas, Marit H ^c   Emery, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Children of twins; Gene environment correlation; Parenting; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; NORWAY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0344513303     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00196     Document Type: Article

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