Intelligence and personality as predictors of illness and death: How researchers in differential psychology and chronic disease epidemiology are collaborating to understand and address health inequalities

Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-79

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Weiss, Alexander ^a   Batty, G David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953239129     PISSN: 15291006     EISSN: 15396053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1529100610387081     Document Type: Article

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