Intelligence in youth and health at age 50

Intelligence

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-32

  Wraw, Christina ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a,b   Der, Geoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFQT; Age 50; Chronic disease; Cognitive epidemiology; Health; Intelligence; IQ; NLSY 79; SES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940516653     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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