A longitudinal genetic study of vocabulary knowledge in adults

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-291

  Van Den Berg, Stéphanie M ^a   Posthuma, Daniëlle ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 3142737944     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905204774200569     Document Type: Review

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