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Why do intelligent people live longer?

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  • Ian Deary

    (Ian Deary is director of the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK. i.deary@ed.ac.uk)

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We must discover why cognitive differences are related to morbidity and mortality, argues Ian Deary, in order to help tackle health inequalities.

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  • Ian Deary, 2008. "Why do intelligent people live longer?," Nature, Nature, vol. 456(7219), pages 175-176, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:456:y:2008:i:7219:d:10.1038_456175a
    DOI: 10.1038/456175a
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