Sibship size, birth order, family structure and childhood mental disorders

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1327-1333

  Carballo, Juan J ^a   García Nieto, Rebeca ^a   Álvarez García, Raquel ^a   Caro Cañizares, Irene ^a   López Castromán, Jorge ^a   Muñoz Lorenzo, Laura ^a   De Leon Martinez, Victoria ^a   Baca García, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth order; Community mental health centers; Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood

Indexed keywords

BIRTH ORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENT; PATERNAL AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84880792314     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0661-7     Document Type: Article

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