Longitudinal genetic analysis for loneliness in Dutch twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-273

  Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^b   Muthén, Bengt ^c   Asparouhov, Tihomir ^d   Clark, Shaunna ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Muthen and Muthen   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; TWINS; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34247473899     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.267     Document Type: Article

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