Does childbirth cause psychiatric disorders? A population-based study paralleling a natural experiment

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-84

  Munk Olsen, Trine ^a   Agerbo, Esben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDLESSNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; BIRTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATHER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84979862556     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000193     Document Type: Article

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