Genetic influences on language, reading, and mathematics skills in a national sample: An analysis using the national longitudinal survey of youth

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-128

  Hart, Sara A ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Kamp Dush, Claire M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Language; NLSY

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649121956     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0052)     Document Type: Article

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