Genetic and environmental factors affecting self-rated health from age 16-25: A longitudinal study of Finnish twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-333

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Posthuma, Danielle ^b   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Rose, Richard J ^a,c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Heritability; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33947258854     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9096-1     Document Type: Article

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