Applications of behavioural genetics: Outpacing the science?

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 793-798

  Rothstein, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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ADDICTION; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSULTATION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETICS;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CRIMINAL LAW; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 25844507987     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1687     Document Type: Review

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