The association between intelligence and lifespan is mostly genetic

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 178-185

  Arden, Rosalind ^a,b   Luciano, Michelle ^c   Deary, Ian J ^c   Reynolds, Chandra A ^d   Pedersen, Nancy L ^e   Plassman, Brenda L ^f   McGue, Matt ^g,h   Christensen, Kaare ^h   Visscher, Peter M ⁱ  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEDICINE; META-ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TWINS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

DENMARK; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84964067927     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv112     Document Type: Article

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