Cognitive epidemiology: Its rise, its current issues, and its challenges

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-343

  Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; Epidemiology; Health; Intelligence; IQ; Morbidity; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953357328     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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