First-contact incidence rates of schizophrenia in Trinidad and one-year follow-up

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 587-592

  Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Hilwig, Marcel ^b   Hossein, Bill ^b   Marceau, Helene ^c   Neehall, John ^d   Leff, Julian ^a   Mallett, Rosemarie ^a   Der, Geoff ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St Ann's Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0029852087     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.5.587     Document Type: Article

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