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| Anders HjernSummaryAffiliation: Centre for Health Equity Studies Country: Sweden Publications
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Educational achievement and vocational career in twins - a Swedish national cohort studyAnders Hjern
Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm University, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 101:591-6. 2012..To investigate how being born and raised as a twin is associated with IQ, educational achievement and vocational career...
East Africans in Sweden have a high risk for type 1 diabetesAnders Hjern
Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Diabetes Care 35:597-8. 2012..To investigate the prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children with an origin in Sub-Saharan Africa in Sweden...
Age assessment of young asylum seekersAnders Hjern
Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm University, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 101:4-7. 2012..CONCLUSION: To improve care for young asylum seekers with undetermined age, we suggest better legal procedures for the determination of age and a more flexible approach to chronological age...
Preterm birth, social disadvantage, and cognitive competence in Swedish 18- to 19-year-old menCecilia Ekeus
Department of Women and Children Health, Sachs Children s Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatrics 125:e67-73. 2010..The aim was to study the impact of a range of gestational ages (GAs) on cognitive competence in late adolescence and how this effect is modified by contextual social adversity in childhood...
Preterm birth and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in schoolchildrenKarolina Lindström
Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Insitutet Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatrics 127:858-65. 2011..In this study we analyzed the effect of moderate as well as extreme preterm birth on the risk for ADHD in school age, taking into account genetic, perinatal, and socioeconomic confounders...
Gender differences in risk factors for suicide: findings from a Swedish national cohort studyAnnika von Borczyskowski
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Can J Psychiatry 55:108-11. 2010..To investigate whether childhood sociodemographic factors and parental psychopathology affect suicide risk differently in men and women...
Psychiatric morbidity in adolescents and young adults born preterm: a Swedish national cohort studyKarolina Lindström
Department of Clinical Sciences and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sodersjukhuset, Sachs Children s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatrics 123:e47-53. 2009..Previous studies have reported increased levels of neurologic and cognitive disabilities in these children. In this study, we analyzed the effect of having been born preterm on psychiatric morbidity...
Parental country of birth is a major determinant of childhood type 1 diabetes in SwedenAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatr Diabetes 9:35-9. 2008..To test the hypothesis that the risk of childhood diabetes type 1 increases with migration from a low to a high incidence region...
Short stature, smoking habits and birth outcome in international adoptees in SwedenCecilia Ekeus
Department of Woman and Child Health, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:1309-14. 2008..To investigate short stature and smoking habits as risk factors for birth outcome in international adoptees in comparison with non-adopted mothers...
School performance and hospital admissions due to self-inflicted injury: a Swedish national cohort studyBeata Jablonska
Division of Applied Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Epidemiol 38:1334-41. 2009..Education is the most influential societal determinant of living conditions in young people after early childhood. This study tested the hypothesis that school performance predicts self-inflicted injury...
Epidural analgesia during labor among immigrant women in SwedenCecilia Ekeus
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89:243-9. 2010..To investigate differences in the use of epidural analgesia (EDA) during labor between native Swedish and immigrant women and whether such possible differences could be explained by other maternal factors or birthweight...
Perinatal complications and socio-economic differences in cerebral palsy in Sweden - a national cohort studyAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Pediatr 8:49. 2008..The aim of this study was to investigate the association of socio-economic indicators with cerebral palsy (CP) and the role of perinatal health as mediator of this association...
A national cohort study of parental socioeconomic status and non-fatal suicidal behaviour--the mediating role of school performanceBeata Jablonska
Division of Applied Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
BMC Public Health 12:17. 2012..The present study investigated whether school performance was a mediating and/or moderating factor in the path between parental socioeconomic status and the risk of hospital admission for non-fatal suicidal behaviour...
Illicit drug abuse in second-generation immigrants: a register study in a national cohort of Swedish residentsAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Public Health 32:40-6. 2004..This study investigates ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors for hospital admissions related to illicit drug abuse in second-generation immigrants in Sweden...
Anorexia nervosa in young men: A cohort studyFrank Lindblad
Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Eat Disord 39:662-6. 2006..The current study investigates the background and outcome of anorexia nervosa (AN) in young men...
Long-term outcomes of childhood cancer survivors in Sweden: a population-based study of education, employment, and incomeKrister K Boman
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer 116:1385-91. 2010..The effects of childhood cancer on educational attainment, employment, and income in adulthood in a Swedish setting were studied...
Preterm infants as young adults: a Swedish national cohort studyKarolina Lindström
Karolinska Institute, Department of Clinical Sciences and Education, Sachs Children s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatrics 120:70-7. 2007..Increasing numbers of infants born preterm survive into adulthood. In this study, we analyzed the effect of having been born preterm on disability and vocational success in young adults...
Suicide attempts and severe psychiatric morbidity among former child welfare clients--a national cohort studyBo Vinnerljung
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:723-33. 2006....
Suicidal behaviour in national and international adult adoptees: a Swedish cohort studyAnnika von Borczyskowski
Dept of Public Health Sciences, Division of Psychosocial Factors and Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:95-102. 2006..Previous studies have shown an elevated risk for suicidal behaviour in adolescent and young adult international adoptees. Comparisons between national and international adoptees in this respect have been inconclusive...
School grades, parental education and suicide--a national register-based cohort studyCharlotte Björkenstam
Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:993-8. 2011..To investigate whether school performance is a risk factor for suicide death later in life and, if so, to what extent this is explained by intergenerational effects of parental education...
Stillbirth among foreign-born women in SwedenCecilia Ekeus
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Public Health 21:788-92. 2011....
Alcohol-related disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a national cohort studyAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Addiction 99:229-36. 2004..The risk of alcohol-related disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden were investigated and compared with the Swedish majority population to assess how alcohol habits are modified over generations in a new society...
Social risk or genetic liability for psychosis? A study of children born in Sweden and reared by adoptive parentsSusanne Wicks
Division of Public Health Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet Norrbacka, Floor 7, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
Am J Psychiatry 167:1240-6. 2010..Since social conditions in childhood are closely related to parental psychiatric illness, there is a need to disentangle how genes and social environmental factors interact...
Bullying and attention-deficit- hyperactivity disorder in 10-year-olds in a Swedish communityKirsten Holmberg
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Uppsala University and Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:134-8. 2008..Evaluation and treatment strategies for ADHD need to include assessment and effective interventions for bullying. Evaluation of ADHD should be considered in children involved in bullying...
Mortality, severe morbidity, and injury in children living with single parents in Sweden: a population-based studyGunilla Ringbäck Weitoft
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Lancet 361:289-95. 2003..We aimed to investigate differences in mortality, severe morbidity, and injury between children living in households with one adult and those living in households with two adults...
The need for epidural analgesia is related to birthweight - a population-based register studyCecilia Ekeus
Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88:397-401. 2009..To investigate the relation between use of epidural analgesia (EDA) and maternal and fetal characteristics...
Multi-exposure and clustering of adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic differences and psychotropic medication in young adultsEmma Bjorkenstam
Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
PLoS ONE 8:e53551. 2013..Stressful childhood experiences have negative long-term health consequences. The present study examines the association between adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic position, and risk of psychotropic medication in young adulthood...
Stressor, perceived stress and recurrent pain in Swedish schoolchildrenGösta Alfvén
CLINTEC Departement, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
J Psychosom Res 65:381-7. 2008..We have also studied possible gender differences...
Risk factors for anorexia nervosa: a national cohort studyLene Lindberg
Unit of Mental Health, Stockholm Center of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Eat Disord 34:397-408. 2003..To identify possible risk factors for anorexia nervosa through national registers...
Suicide in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a comparative studyAnders Hjern
Department of Clinical Sciences, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 37:423-9. 2002..The aim of this study was to investigate rates of suicide death in second-generation immigrants and intercountry adoptees in comparison with their parental generation and the majority population...
Living conditions and psychosomatic complaints in Swedish schoolchildrenViveca Ostberg
Centre for Health Equity Studies, CHESS, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 95:929-34. 2006..Further studies are needed to clarify the relation between lack of money, relational strain/support and psychosomatic complaints...
Chapter 7: children's and young people's healthAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Public Health Suppl 67:165-83. 2006
Chapter 5.8: major public health problems - allergic disordersAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Public Health Suppl 67:125-31. 2006
Suicide, psychiatric illness, and social maladjustment in intercountry adoptees in Sweden: a cohort studyAnders Hjern
Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Lancet 360:443-8. 2002..We aimed to assess mental health disorders and social maladjustment in adolescence and young adulthood in intercountry adoptees in Sweden...
