Physical morbidity in elderly psychiatric inpatients: Prevalence and possible relations between the major mental disorders and physical illness

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 248-253

  Adamis, Dimitrios ^a   Ball, Chris ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Physical morbidity; Psychiatric inpatients

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034027702     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200003)15:3<248::AID-GPS102>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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