The Danish adoption register

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Petersen, Liselotte ^a,b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adoption register; environmental; genetic

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; STANDARD;

ADOPTION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLINGS;

EID: 79960770595     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810394714     Document Type: Article

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