The implications of genotype-environment correlation for establishing causal processes in psychopathology

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1253-1264

  Jaffee, Sara R ^a   Price, Thomas S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84867539752     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000685     Document Type: Article

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