Quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in five European countries: The EPSILON study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-292

  Gaite, L ^a   Vazquez Barquero J L ^a   Borra, C ^a   Ballesteros, J ^b   Schene, A ^c   Welcher, B ^d   Thornicroft, G ^e   Becker, T ^f   Ruggeri, M ^g   Herran A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0036208554     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1169.x     Document Type: Article

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