Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of outcome measurements for schizophrenia. Epsilon study 2

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 177, Issue SUPPL. 39, 2000, Pages

  Knudsen, Helle Charlotte ^e   Vázquez Barquero, José Luis ^a   Welcher, Birgitte ^b   Gaite, Luis ^a   Becker, Thomas ^f   Chisholm, Daniel ^c   Ruggeri, Mirella ^f   Schene, Aart H ^d   Thornicroft, Graham ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033924120     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.177.39.s8     Document Type: Article

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