Perceptions of nature, nurture and behaviour

Life Sciences, Society and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Levitt, Mairi ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural genetics; Genes and crime; Genes and environment; Nature and nurture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975709221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21957819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2195-7819-9-13     Document Type: Article

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