Mother's country of birth and prescription of psychotropic medication in Swedish adolescents: A life course approach

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Van Leeuwen, Willemijn ^a,b   Nilsson, Sofia ^a   Merlo, Juan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER; MOTHER COUNTRY OF BIRTH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84869783562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001260     Document Type: Article

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