Heritability of risk-taking in adolescence: A longitudinal twin study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-371

  Anokhin, Andrey P ^a   Golosheykin, Simon ^a   Grant, Julia ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Heritability; Risk taking; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TWINS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 69249230957     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.4.366     Document Type: Article

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