Mortality of elderly patients with psychiatric disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1360-1368

  Zubenko, George S ^a   Mulsant, Benoit H ^b   Sweet, Robert A ^b   Pasternak, Rona E ^b   Tu, Xin Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MORTALITY; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030808427     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.10.1360     Document Type: Article

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