Neuroleptic dosing in Asian and Hispanic outpatients with schizophrenia

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 306-309

  Ruiz, Sigfried ^a   Chu, Peter ^a   Sramek, John ^a   Rotavu, Ecterina ^a   Herrera, John ^a,b  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029826332     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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