Is later better or worse? Association of advanced parental age with offspring cognitive ability among half a million young Swedish men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 649-655

  Myrskylä, Mikko ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^b   Tynelius, Per ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cognitive ability; intelligence; maternal age; paternal age

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COGNITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PROGENY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84875967211     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws237     Document Type: Article

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