The Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study (E-Risk)

The Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study (E-Risk) is a behavioral genetics studies which collected individual-level data on more than 1000 UK twin pairs at ages 5 (in 2000), 7 (in 2002) and 12 (in 2007) to investigate how genetic and environmental factors shape children's disruptive behavior. The study is hosted by King’s College London.

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