A test of the equal environment assumption (EEA) in multivariate twin studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-411

  Derks, Eske M ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TWINS; VALIDITY;

AGGRESSION; BIOMETRY; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS;

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EID: 33745745597     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706777591290     Document Type: Review

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