Genetic and environmental influences on continuity and change in reading achievement in the colorado adoption project

Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 87-106

  Wadsworth, Sally J ^a   Corley, Robin ^a   Plomin, Robert ^b   Hewitt, John K ^a   Defries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847401203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499760.006     Document Type: Chapter

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