Decline in the incidence of schizophrenia in Finnish cohorts born from 1954 to 1965

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 733-740

  Suvisaari, Jaana M ^a   Haukka, Jari K ^a   Tanskanen, Antti J ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; ONSET AGE; PENSION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 0032768592     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.8.733     Document Type: Article

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