Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1020-1026 , November 2006

Childhood IQ and deaths up to middle age: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study

  • M.S. Pearce

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric and Lifecourse Epidemiology Research Group, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +441912023082; fax: +441912023060.
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  • I.J. Deary

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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  • A.H. Young

      Affiliations

    • School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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  • L. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric and Lifecourse Epidemiology Research Group, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK

Received 10 June 2005 ,Revised 8 May 2006 ,Accepted 28 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.06.015

Public Health
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