No evidence of time trends in the urban-rural differences in schizophrenia risk among five million people born in Denmark from 1910 to 1986

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 31144479144     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170500663X     Document Type: Article

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