School-level genetic variation predicts school-level verbal IQ scores: Results from a sample of American middle and high schools

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Beaver, Kevin M ^a   Wright, John Paul ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Dopaminergic system; Polymorphisms; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957632909     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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