Breast cancer in women suffering from serious mental illness

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 249-253

  Barak, Yoram ^a,e   Levy, Tali ^b,e   Achiron, Anat ^c,e   Aizenberg, Dov ^d,e  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Female; Schizophrenia; Tertiary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46249112165     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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