Does a fitness factor contribute to the association between intelligence and health outcomes? Evidence from medical abnormality counts among 3654 US Veterans

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 581-591

  Arden, Rosalind ^a   Gottfredson, Linda S ^b   Miller, Geoffrey ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive epidemiology; Fitness; Health; Intelligence; Mutation load

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350186022     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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