Causes of the excess mortality of schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 177, Issue SEPT, 2000, Pages 212-217

  Brown, S ^a   Inskip, H ^a   Barraclough, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MORTALITY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033830383     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.177.3.212     Document Type: Article

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