Sex difference in age at onset of schizophrenia: Discrepant findings from India

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-325

  Murthy, G V S ^a   Janakiramaiah, N ^a   Gangadhar, B N ^a   Subbakrishna, D K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India; Schizophrenia; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031954160     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10010.x     Document Type: Article

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