Twin specific risk factors in primary school achievements

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-115

  De Zeeuw, Eveline L ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Catherina E M ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

birth risks; educational achievement; singletons; twins

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPETENCE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; LANGUAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL AGE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; TWINS; ZYGOSITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOLS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84865591415     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.15.1.107     Document Type: Article

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