Ethnic factors in voluntary and compulsory admissions

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 185-196

  Owens, D ^a   Harrison, G ^a   Boot, D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACKS; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0025872352     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170001477X     Document Type: Article

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