Molecular genetic contributions to socioeconomic status and intelligence

Intelligence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-32

  Marioni, Riccardo E ^a   Davies, Gail ^a   Hayward, Caroline ^b   Liewald, Dave ^a   Kerr, Shona M ^b   Campbell, Archie ^a   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Smith, Blair H ^c   Padmanabhan, Sandosh ^d   Hocking, Lynne J ^e   Hastie, Nicholas D ^b   Wright, Alan F ^b   Porteous, David J ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^a,f   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Generation scotland; Genetics; Intelligence; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897811500     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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