Juvenile delinquency, social background and suicide-a swedish national cohort study of 992 881 young adults

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1585-1592

  Björkenstam, Emma ^a,b   Björkenstam, Charlotte ^a,b   Vinnerljung, Bo ^c   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,d   Ljung, Rickard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Juvenile delinquency; Social background; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PARENTING EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 83455162592     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr127     Document Type: Article

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