Measured Gene-Environment Interactions in Psychopathology: Concepts, Research Strategies, and Implications for Research, Intervention, and Public Understanding of Genetics

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-27

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a   Rutter, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993736236     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6916.2006.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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