Incidence and outcome of schizophrenia in whites, African-Caribbeans and Asians in London

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 791-798

  Bhugra, D ^a   Leff, J ^b   Mallett, R ^b   Der, G ^b   Corridan, B ^b   Rudge, S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030767972     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005369     Document Type: Article

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