Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 11 , Pages 1191-1198 , November 2006

Heritabilities and shared environmental effects were estimated from household clustering in national health survey data

,Accepted 21 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.02.015

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 11 , Pages 1191-1198 , November 2006

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