Urbanisation and incidence of psychosis and depression: Follow-up study of 4.4 million women and men in Sweden

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue APR., 2004, Pages 293-298

  Sundquist, Kristina ^a   Frank, Gölin ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 1842855935     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.4.293     Document Type: Article

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