Urban birth and residence as risk factors for psychoses: An analysis of 1880 data

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Torrey, E Fuller ^a   Bowler, Ann E ^a   Clark, Kitty ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors; Schizophrenia; Urban birth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MELANCHOLIA; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0030843450     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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