Age at onset of schizophrenia: Gender differences and influence of temporal socioeconomic change

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-156

  Takahashi, Sakae ^a   Matsuura, Masato ^a   Tanabe, Eiichi ^a   Yara, Kazuo ^a   Nonaka, Konosuke ^a   Fukura, Yoichi ^a   Kikuchi, Miho ^a   Kojima, Takuya ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Gender difference; Schizophrenia; Temporal socioeconomic change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034055589     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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