What genome-wide association studies reveal about the association between intelligence and mental health

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2019, Pages 25-30

  Hill, W David ^a,b   Harris, Sarah E ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 85051241429     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.07.007     Document Type: Review

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