Exposure to parental mortality and markers of morbidity, and the risks of attempted and completed suicide in offspring: An analysis of sensitive life periods

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a   Floderus, Birgitta ^b   Alexanderson, Kristina ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^b   Mittendorfer Rutz, Ellenor ^b  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PENSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; WIDOWHOOD;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84857171073     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.109595     Document Type: Article

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