Non European Countries. Three partners are from non European countries: AECL (Canada), KAERI (Korea) and USNRC (United States). These three major partners in the field of Severe Accident Research will provide very valuable contributions to the network. Nevertheless, they will not require any funding from the EC. This positive attitude is an evidence of the interest in joining the network even without EC funding and is a very encouraging sign for the future self-sustainability of the network.
Non European Countries. (7 studies) Only 7 studies were found that were conducted outside Europe: namely 2 in Canada (Xxxxx and Xxx 1981; Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx et al. 2006), 2 in Israel (Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx et al. 2009, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx et al. 2012) and 3 in US (Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, et al 2000; Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx et al. 2007; Xxxxx, Bottiglieri et al., 2007) The first study conducted in Israel is a population based research cohort study known as the “Jerusalem Perinatal Study” (Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx et al. 2009).This study did not find any change in risk of schizophrenia for offspring of immigrants, including those who had only 1 immigrant parent and those who had 2 immigrants’ parents. The second one, conducted by Xxxxxxxxx et al in 2012 (Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx et al. 2012) using psychiatric hospitalization records found a significantly greater risk of hospitalization for many immigrants groups, overall for women belonging to Middle East, Far East , Eastern Europe, Caribbean and South America groups. Interestingly this study also found that people who migrated prior to the age of 15 were at greater risk of schizophrenia, particularly those from Far Eastern and Caribbean and South American countries. The study conducted in Canada by Xxxxx et Orn in 1981 (Xxxxx and Orn 1981) found that immigrants from Eastern Europe and immigrants speaking a minority language were at high risk of admission for schizophrenia. Later, in 2006 Xxxxx et al. (Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx et al. 2006) found incidence increased over time by 1913 in the immigrant but not the Canadian-born population. The authors discussed that the era included in the study saw a rapidly expanding economy followed by a recession with increasing unemployment and intolerance of immigrants. These social changes coincide with an increasing incidence of schizophrenia in immigrants but not in the Canadian-born population. This finding is in agreement with those of recent studies in suggesting that social and economic adversity may influence the level of risk for schizophrenia in migrants. In the US several interesting cohort studies have been conducted. The Prenatal Determinants of Schizophrenia (PDS) birth cohort was established in a fully insured, urban born population, with comprehensive assessments at pregnancy and birth. It derives from the large birth cohort assembled in the Child Health and Development Study (CHDS) to investigate factors affecting pregnancy outcomes and child development. This cohort provided a unique opportunity to examine race and risk of schi...
