Emotionally stable, intelligent men live longer: The Vietnam experience study cohort

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Weiss, Alexander ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^b   Batty, G David ^c,d   Deary, Ian J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Mediator; Moderator; Mortality; Neuroticism; Vietnam experience study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY GENERAL TECHNICAL TEST; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VIET NAM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 67049144757     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318198de78     Document Type: Article

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