TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Is low IQ related to risk of death by homicide? Testing a hypothesis using data from the Vietnam Experience Study JO - Psychiatry research A1 - Batty, G. David A1 - Mortensen, Laust H. A1 - Gale, Catharine R. A1 - Deary, Ian J. SP - 112 EP - 115 VL - 161 IS - 1 N2 - 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.
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LA - en SN - 0165-1781 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2008.01.006 ID - ref1 ER -