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Genetic effects on physical health: lower at higher income levels.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2005
Johnson Wendy, Krueger Robert F
Abstract excerpt
Given the robust finding that people in higher income groups tend to experience better physical health, there is interest in identifying mechanisms underlying this gradient. Using a nationwide sample of 719 twin pairs from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, we investigated the possibility that gene-environment interaction underlies the income-health gradient. We observed that genetic...
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