Genetic influences on thought problems in 7-year-olds: A twin-study of genetic, environmental and rater effects

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 571-578

  Abdellaoui, Abdel ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Hudziak, James J ^a,b   Rizzu, Patrizia ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Parental rating; Thought problems; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; THOUGHT DISORDER; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS;

EID: 57349087779     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.6.571     Document Type: Article

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