Correlates of subjective quality of life in people with schizophrenia: Findings from the EuroSC study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Marwaha, Steven ^a   Johnson, Sonia ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^b   Brugha, Traolach ^c   Azorin, Jean Michel ^d   Kilian, Reinhold ^b   Kornfeld, Asa ^e   Toumi, Mondher ^e  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^e Lundbeck   (France)

Author keywords

Correlates; Employment; Quality of life; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 39149132482     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318162aa9c     Document Type: Article

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