Molecular genetics and subjective well-being

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 9692-9697

  Rietveld, Cornelius A ^a   Cesarini, David ^b,c   Benjamin, Daniel J ^d   Koellinger, Philipp D ^a   De Neve, Jan Emmanuel ^e,f   Tiemeier, Henning ^g   Johannesson, Magnus ^h   Magnusson, Patrik K E ⁱ   Pedersen, Nancy L ⁱ   Krueger, Robert F ^j   Bartels, Meike ^k,l  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

GCTA; GREML; Happiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING; WELLBEING;

GCTA; GREML; HAPPINESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84878993284     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222171110     Document Type: Article

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