Penrose's Law in Ireland: An ecological analysis of psychiatric inpatients and prisoners

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kelly, Brendan D ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRISONER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; IRELAND; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34147132374     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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