Twin relationships: A comparison across monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, and nontwin siblings in early childhood

Family Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Fortuna, Keren ^a   Goldner, Ira ^a   Knafo, Ariel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

LIST; sibling relationships; twin relationships; twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857171767     PISSN: 19424620     EISSN: 19424639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424620.2010.569367     Document Type: Article

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