Association of paternal IQ in early adulthood with offspring mortality and hospital admissions for injuries: A cohort study of 503 492 Swedish children

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 679-682

  Jelenkovic, Aline ^a,b,c   Silventoinen, Karri ^c   Tynelius, Per ^d   Rasmussen, Finn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INJURY; MORTALITY RISK; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901938888     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203719     Document Type: Article

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