Gene-environment interplay in twin models

Political Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-389

  Verhulst, Brad ^a   Hatemi, Peter K ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880682339     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpt005     Document Type: Article

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