Avoidable mortality among child welfare recipients and intercountry adoptees: A national cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 412-417

  Hjern, A ^a,b   Vinnerljung, B ^a,c   Lindblad, F ^d,e,f  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e National Centre for Suicide Research   (Sweden)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142715963     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.014282     Document Type: Article

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