Reaction time and established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality: Comparison of effect estimates in the follow-up of a large, UK-wide, general-population based survey

Intelligence

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-566

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cognition; Established risk factors; Mortality; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350191921     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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