Ian J. Deary|Sarah E. Harris|Wanda Hill
What genome-wide association studies reveal about the association between intelligence and physical health, illness, and mortality
University of Edinburgh|University of Edinburgh|Western General Hospital|MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine|University of Edinburgh
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