Intelligence, education, and mortality

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7754, 2010, Pages 989-990

  Batty, G David ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Deary, Ian J ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIASTOLE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEIGHT; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; SYSTOLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953949784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c563     Document Type: Editorial

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