Association between immigrant background and ADHD: a nationwide population-based case–control study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 967-975

  Lehti, Venla ^a,b   Chudal, Roshan ^a   Suominen, Auli ^a   Gissler, Mika ^a,c   Sourander, Andre ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; epidemiology; immigration; parental; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; MOTHER; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84964703768     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12570     Document Type: Article

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