Mental disorders in childhood and young adulthood among children born to women with fertility problems

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2129-2137

  Svahn, M F ^a   Hargreave, M ^a   Nielsen, T S S ^a   Plessen, K J ^b,c   Jensen, S M ^a   Kjaer, S K ^a,c   Jensen, A ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

children; epidemiology; infertility; mental disorders; population based cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940772969     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev172     Document Type: Article

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