The Russian School Twin Registry (RSTR): Project progress

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-133

  Kovas, Yulia ^a,b,c,d   Galajinsky, Eduard V ^a   Boivin, Michel ^e   Harold, Gordon T ^f   Jones, Alice ^b   Lemelin, Jean Pascal ^g   Luo, Yu ^h   Petrill, Stephen A ⁱ   Plomin, Robert ^c   Tikhomirova, Tatiana ^a,d   Zhou, Xinlin ^j   Malykh, Sergey ^a,d  

^a TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

cognitive development; individual differences; Russian Federation; school achievement; school age; twins

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

EID: 84873920412     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.133     Document Type: Article

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