Genetic etiology of stability of attention problems in young adulthood

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 141 B, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Van Den Berg, Stéphanie M ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Heritability; Latent growth; Twins; YASR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 30344433700     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30251     Document Type: Article

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