Long-term follow up of schizophrenia in 16 countries: A description of the international study of schizophrenia conducted by the World Health Organization

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Sartorius, N ^a   Gulbinat, W ^a   Harrison, G ^a   Laska, E ^a   Siegel, C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029841567     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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