Genetic and environmental influences on the relative timing of pubertal change

Twin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-481

  Eaves, Lindon ^a   Silberg, Judy ^a   Foley, Debra ^a   Bulik, Cynthia ^a   Maes, Hermine ^a   Erkanli, Alaattin ^b   Angold, Adrian ^b   Costello, E Jane ^b   Worthman, Carol ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BUGS ALGORITHM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 6344272392     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052042335278     Document Type: Article

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