Molecular Genetic Contributions to Social Deprivation and Household Income in UK Biobank

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 3083-3089

  Hill, W David ^a   Hagenaars, Saskia P ^a   Marioni, Riccardo E ^a,b   Harris, Sarah E ^a   Liewald, David C M ^a   Davies, Gail ^a   Okbay, Aysu ^c,d,e   McIntosh, Andrew M ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a,f   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genetic correlation; genetics; GWAS; income; SES; social deprivation; socioeconomic status; UK Biobank

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84997170542     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.035     Document Type: Article

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