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All-cause mortality in the Aberdeen 1921 birth cohort: Effects of socio-demographic, physical and cognitive factors

BACKGROUND: Childhood intelligence predicts mortality throughout most of the life span. However, it is unknown whether its effect persists into advanced old age. METHODS: The Aberdeen Birth Cohort born in 1921 (n = 354) and that had an IQ test as part of the national Scottish Mental Survey of 1932 w...

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Autores principales: Starr, John M, Deary, Ian J, Whalley, Lawrence J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18783620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-307