Epidemiology of paranoid symptoms in an elderly population

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue MAY, 1998, Pages 429-432

  Forsell, Yvonne ^a   Henderson, A Scott ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031949070     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.172.5.429     Document Type: Article

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