Do aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behaviors in adolescents result from the same genetic and environmental effects?

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 129 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-63

  Button, Tanya M M ^a   Scourfield, Jane ^b   Martin, Neilson ^c   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Comorbidity; Heterogeneity; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3342933010     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30045     Document Type: Article

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