Childlessness, parental mortality and psychiatric illness: A natural experiment based on in vitro fertility treatment and adoption

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-376

  Agerbo, Esben ^a   Bo Mortensen, Preben ^a   Munk Olsen, Trine ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b The Danish Clinical Registers A National Quality Improvement Programme   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTING; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875050390     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201387     Document Type: Article

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