Suicidal behaviour in national and international adult adoptees: A Swedish cohort study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-102

  Borczyskowski, Annika ^a,b,c   Hjern, Anders ^d,e   Lindblad, Frank ^a,c   Vinnerljung, Bo ^d,f,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Gender; International adoption; National adoption; Suicide; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644592163     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0974-2     Document Type: Article

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