Cohort profile: The lothian birth cohorts of 1921 and 1936

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1576-1584

  Deary, Ian J ^a   Gow, Alan J ^a   Pattie, Alison ^a   Starr, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMAGING METHOD; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

LOTHIAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863447605     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr197     Document Type: Article

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