Familial factors and suicide: An adoption study in a Swedish National Cohort

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-758

  Von Borczyskowski, A ^a,b   Lindblad, F ^a,c   Vinnerljung, B ^d   Reintjes, R ^b   Hjern, A ^d,e,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adoption; Alcohol abuse; self harm; socio economic; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 79959559552     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710001315     Document Type: Article

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