Affective disorders among Greenlandic psychiatric patients

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 424-432

  Lynge, Inge ^a,b   Munk Jorgensen P ^a   Mortensen, P B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; First admission; Greenland; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032783778     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10892.x     Document Type: Article

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