The role of cognitive ability (intelligence) in explaining the association between socioeconomic position and health: Evidence from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 831-839

  Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b   Ferrie, Jane E ^b   Lynch, John W ^c   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cohort studies; Intelligence; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17744388561     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi109     Document Type: Article

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