Genetic influences on adolescent sexual behavior: Why genes matter for environmentally oriented researchers.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Psychological bulletin

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0033564PMID 23855958PMCID PMC3893311
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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