Mortality in children, adolescents, and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A nationwide cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9983, 2015, Pages 2190-2196

  Dalsgaard, Søren ^a,b,c   Ostergaard, Søren Dinesen ^b,d   Leckman, James F ^e   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^a,b   Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^c Hospital of Telemark   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE USE; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; INFANT; ONSET AGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930090635     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61684-6     Document Type: Article

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