First-contact incidence rate of schizophrenia on Barbados

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue JUL., 1999, Pages 28-33

  Mahy, George E ^a   Mallett, Rosemarie ^a   Leff, Julian ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

EID: 0032987044     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.1.28     Document Type: Article

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