Psychiatric disorders certified on death certificates in an English population

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-414

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Duncan, Marie E ^a   Griffith, Myfanwy ^a   Cook Mozaffari, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Mortality; Schizophrenia; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 33646413399     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0035-5     Document Type: Article

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