Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 250-255 , May 2010

Do children of parents with mental illness have lower survival rate? A population-based study

  • Tsai-Ching Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Finance, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 2500 9623; fax: +1 886 2 2500 9623.
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  • Chin-Shyan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Economics, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung Ping Albert Loh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Economics and Geography, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.07.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 250-255 , May 2010

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