Contemporary modeling of gene × environment effects in randomized multivariate longitudinal studies

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 606-621

  McArdle, John J ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; G E; Gene Environment interactions; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955446746     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610383510     Document Type: Article

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