Associations between IQ and cigarette smoking among Swedish male twins

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-581

  Wennerstad, Karin Modig ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^b   Tynelius, Per ^a   Bergman, Lars ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,d   Rasmussen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; IQ; Men; Smoking; Sweden; Twins

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 74549215287     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.050     Document Type: Article

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