A twin-sibling study on the relationship between exercise attitudes and exercise behavior

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-55

  Huppertz, Charlotte ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b   Jansen, Iris E ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   De Moor, Marleen H M ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correlational approach; Heritability; Physical activity; Twin sibling design; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893117528     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-013-9617-7     Document Type: Article

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