Predominant polarity of bipolar patients in Israel

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 187-189

  Osher, Yamima ^a   Yaroslavsky, Yuri ^a   El Rom, Rona ^a   Belmaker, Robert H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; polarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034309757     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622970009150590     Document Type: Review

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