IQ in late adolescence/early adulthood, risk factors in middle age, and later cancer mortality in men: The Vietnam experience study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1122-1126

  Batty, G David ^a,b   Mortensen, Laust H ^c,d   Gale, Catharine R ^e   Shipley, Martin J ^f   Roberts, Beverly A ^b   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort; IQ; Oncology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449435926     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1521     Document Type: Article

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