IQ in childhood and vegetarianism in adulthood: 1970 British cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7587, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Gale, Catharine R ^a   Deary, Ian J ^b   Batty, G David ^b,c   Schoon, Ingrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETARIAN DIET; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33846855805     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39030.675069.55     Document Type: Article

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