Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders among homeless people in a southeast city in Brazil

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 150-155

  Heckert, U ^a   Andrade, L ^a   Alves, M J M ^b   Martins, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Homeless mentally ill; Psychiatric epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033007455     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050080     Document Type: Article

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