Appropriate assessment of ethnic differences in adolescent use of psychotropic medication: multilevel analysis of discriminatory accuracy.

Anna-Karin Ivert; Shai Mulinari; Willemijn van Leeuwen; Philippe Wagner; Juan Merlo

doi:10.1080/13557858.2016.1143090

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Appropriate assessment of ethnic differences in adolescent use of psychotropic medication: multilevel analysis of discriminatory accuracy.

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Abstract

In the present study, we used a multilevel approach to investigate the role of maternal country of birth (MCOB) in predicting adolescent use of psychotropic medication in Sweden.

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Authors	Anna-Karin Ivert Shai Mulinari Willemijn van Leeuwen Philippe Wagner Juan Merlo
Organisations	Social Epidemiology EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
External organisations	Malmö University Medical Center Leeuwarden Uppsala University
Research areas and keywords	Subject classification (UKÄ) – MANDATORY Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	578-595
Journal	Ethnicity and Health
Volume	21
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 2016
Publication category	Research
Peer-reviewed	Yes