Cognitive function in childhood and early adulthood and injuries later in life: The Metropolit 1953 male birth cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 212-219

  Osler, Merete ^a,b   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^c   Laursen, Bjarne ^c   Lawlor, Debbie A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Educational status; Injury; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34447322808     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl261     Document Type: Article

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