Finnish adoptive family study: Sample selection and adoptee DSM-III-R diagnoses

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 433-443

  Tienari, Pekka ^a   Wynne, L C ^b   Moring, J ^b   Laksy K ^b   Nieminen, P ^b   Sorri, A ^b   Lahti, I ^b   Wahlberg, K E ^b   Naarala, M ^b   Kurki Suonio, K ^b   Saarento, O ^b   Koistinen, P ^b   Tarvainen, T ^b   Hakko, H ^b   Miettunen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adoption study; Diagnosis; Genetics; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034086076     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101006433.x     Document Type: Article

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