Time trends in schizophrenia mortality in Stockholm County, Sweden: Cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7259, 2000, Pages 483-484

  Ösby, Urban ^a   Correia, Nestor ^a   Brandt, Lena ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Sparén, Pär ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN; TIME;

EID: 0034686911     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7259.483     Document Type: Article

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