Time trends in first admissions for schizophrenia and paranoid psychosis in Stockholm County, Sweden

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 247-254

  Ösby, Urban ^a,d   Hammar, Niklas ^a   Brandt, Lena ^a   Wicks, Susanne ^b   Thinsz, Zoltan ^b   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Sparén, Pär ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(Schizophrenia); Epidemiology; Paranoid psychosis; Patient admission; Registries; Schizophrenia incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035280633     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(00)00124-9     Document Type: Article

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