IQ in late adolescence/early adulthood, risk factors in middle age, and later cancer mortality in men: the Vietnam Experience Study
- Authors:
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- Batty, G David ;
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Mortensen, Laust Hvas
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0000-0002-6399-495X
Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Københavns Universitet - Gale, Catharine R ;
- Shipley, Martin J ;
- Roberts, Beverly A ;
- Deary, Ian J
- DOI:
- 10.1002/pon.1521
- Abstract:
- (i) examine the relation, if any, of pre-morbid IQ scores at 20 years of age with the risk of later cancer mortality; and (ii) explore the role, if any, of potential mediating factors (e.g. smoking, obesity), assessed in middle age, in explaining the IQ-cancer relation.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- Psycho-oncology, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 10, p. 1122-6
- Keywords:
- Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Cohort Studies; Confidence Intervals; Humans; Intelligence; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Factors; Vietnam; Wechsler Scales; Young Adult
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2010
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 114082160
