Genetic and environmental influences on behavior: Capturing all the interplay

Psychological Review

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 423-440

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Environmental influences; Gene environment interplay; Gene environment correlation; Genetic influences; Income health gradient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34248570338     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.114.2.423     Document Type: Article

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