Sociodemographic and clinical variables as predictors of the diagnostic characteristics of first episodes of schizophrenia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Vazquez Barquero J L ^a   Cuesta Nunez M J ^a   Castanedo, S Herrera ^a   Manrique, J F Diez ^a   Pardo, G ^a   Dunn, G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; first episode; Predictor analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029806887     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09840.x     Document Type: Article

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