Preterm birth and mortality and morbidity: A population-based quasi-experimental study

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1231-1240

  D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a   Class, Quetzal A ^a   Rickert, Martin E ^a   Larsson, Henrik ^b   Långström, Niklas ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARENTHOOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84888424668     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.2107     Document Type: Article

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