Increase in schizophrenia incidence rates: Findings in a Canadian cohort born 1975-1985

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 611-618

  Bray, Isabelle ^a   Waraich, Paul ^b   Jones, Wayne ^c   Slater, Serena ^b   Goldner, Elliot M ^c   Somers, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Bayesian statistics; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Incidence; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECULARISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33746307928     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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