Life expectancy and causes of death in a population treated for serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1036-1042

  Dembling, Bruce P ^a   Chen, Donna T ^a   Vachon, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032867833     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.50.8.1036     Document Type: Article

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