A comparison of the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of private household and communal establishment residents in a multi-ethnic inner-city area

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 421-427

  Commander, M J ^a   Odell, S ^a   Sashidharan, S P ^a   Surtees, P G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030723005     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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