Individual Differences in Exercise Behavior: Stability and Change in Genetic and Environmental Determinants From Age 7 to 18

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 665-679

  Huppertz, Charlotte ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b   de Zeeuw, Eveline L ^a,b   van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M ^b   Hudziak, James J ^b,c   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b   de Geus, Eco J C ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Age moderation; Childhood; Physical activity; Simplex; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84978147682     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-016-9799-x     Document Type: Article

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