The association between IQ in adolescence and a range of health outcomes at 40 in the 1979 US National Longitudinal Study of Youth

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 573-580

  Der, Geoff ^a,b   Batty, G David ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive epidemiology; Health; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350169103     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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