Low childhood IQ and early adult mortality: The role of explanatory factors in the 1958 British birth cohort

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Jokela, Markus ^a,b   Batty, G David ^c,d   Deary, Ian J ^d   Gale, Catharine R ^e   Kivimäki, Mika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Health behavior; Intelligence; IQ; Parental monitoring; Premature mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349256407     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0334     Document Type: Article

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