Mind the gap(s)... in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa (2006)

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-178

  Dickins, T E ^a   Sear, Rebecca ^b   Wells, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; THEORY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVOLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248596181     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X174339     Document Type: Article

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