Epidemiology of schizophrenia in northeast Brazil

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-120

  Messias, Erick ^a   Sampaio, Jose Jackson ^b   Messias, Nidia Cordeiro ^c   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^a  

^a MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033968179     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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