Genetic influence on family socioeconomic status and children's intelligence

Intelligence

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-88

  Trzaskowski, Maciej ^a   Harlaar, Nicole ^b   Arden, Rosalind ^a   Krapohl, Eva ^a   Rimfeld, Kaili ^a   McMillan, Andrew ^a   Dale, Philip S ^c   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; GCTA; Intelligence; SES; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889589101     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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