Journal article
Fertility Rate Trends Among Adolescent Girls With Major Mental Illness: A Population-Based Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Fertility rates among adolescents have decreased substantially in recent years, yet fertility rates among adolescent girls with mental illness have not been studied. We examined temporal trends in fertility rates among adolescent girls with major mental illness.
METHODS: We conducted a repeated annual cross-sectional study of fertility rates among girls aged 15 to 19 years in Ontario, Canada (1999-2009). Girls with major mental …
Authors
Vigod SN; Dennis CL; Kurdyak PA; Cairney J; Guttmann A; Taylor VH
Journal
, Vol. 133, No. 3, pp. e585–e591
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Publication Date
March 1, 2014
DOI
10.1542/peds.2013-1761
ISSN
0031-4005