Heterogeneity in schizophrenia; mixture modelling of age-at-first- admission, gender and diagnosis

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 312-317

  Welham, J ^a   McLachlan, G ^b   Davies, G ^a   McGrath, J ^a  

^a WOLSTON PARK HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Classification; Models; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Sex difference characteristics; Statistical; Statistical distributions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034020603     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101004312.x     Document Type: Article

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