IQ in early adulthood and later cancer risk: Cohort study of one million Swedish men

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Batty, G D ^a,b   Wennerstad, K Modig ^c   Davey Smith, G ^d   Gunnell, D ^d   Deary, I J ^b   Tynelius, P ^c   Rasmussen, Finn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort; IQ; Men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846479977     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl473     Document Type: Article

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