Gender and ethnic differences in urban and rural first-contact schizophrenia outpatients in Trinidad

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-79

  Maharajh, H D ^a   Konings, M ^a   Baboolal, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Ecology; Gender; Outpatients; Schizophrenia; Trinidad; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33645904185     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2006.21.1.69     Document Type: Article

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