Friendships moderate an association between a dopamine gene variant and political ideology

Journal of Politics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1189-1198

  Settle, Jaime E ^a   Dawes, Christopher T ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b   Fowler, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951747677     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381610000617     Document Type: Article

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