Women and schizophrenia: A review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-56

  Kulkarni, Jayashri ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental illness; Research; Schizophrenia; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030924228     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679709073798     Document Type: Article

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