The unhealthy lifestyle of people with schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 697-701

  Brown, Steve ^a   Birtwistle, J ^a   Roe, L ^a   Thompson, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FAT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032977072     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798008186     Document Type: Article

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