Incidence of schizophrenia or other psychoses in first- and second-generation immigrants: A National Cohort Study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Leão, Teresa Saraiva ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Frank, Golin ^a   Johansson, Leena Maria ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644585057     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000195312.81334.81     Document Type: Article

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