Intelligence: Is It the Epidemiologists' Elusive "Fundamental Cause" of Social Class Inequalities in Health?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 174-199

  Gottfredson, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGE FACTORS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 1642578151     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.1.174     Document Type: Article

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