Rhesus Factor Modulation of Effects of Smoking and Age on Psychomotor Performance, Intelligence, Personality Profile, and Health in Czech Soldiers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a   Geryk, Jan ^a   Volný, Jindra ^a   Klose, Jiří ^b   Černochová, Dana ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c Hogrefe Testcentrum   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMOKING; SOLDIER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SMOKING; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870380988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049478     Document Type: Article

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