Country of birth and hospital admission rates for mental disorders: a cohort study of 4.5 million men and women in Sweden

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 307-314

  Westman, J ^a   Johansson, L M ^a   Sundquist, K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Country of birth; Gender; Mental disorders; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; NEUROSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746216142     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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