Regional variation in the incidence of schizophrenia in Finland: A study of birth cohorts born from 1950 to 1969

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1045-1053

  Haukka, J ^a   Suvisaari, J ^a   Varilo, T ^a   Lnnqvist, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034901854     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291701004299     Document Type: Article

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