Citation

Batty GD, Mortensen LH, Gale CR, Deary IJ. Psychiatry Res. 2008; 161(1): 112-115.

Affiliation

MRC Social&Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2008.01.006

PMID

18718672

Abstract

Lower IQ test scores are related to an increased risk of violent assault. We tested the relation between IQ and death by homicide. In a prospective cohort study of 14,537 men (21 homicides), the association between lower IQ and an increased risk of homicide was lost after multiple adjustment.

Language: en