Elaboration on immigration and risk for schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1113-1119

  Weiser, M ^a,b,c   Werbeloff, N ^a   Vishna, T ^d   Yoffe, R ^e   Lubin, G ^b   Shmushkevitch, M ^b   Davidson, M ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognition; Immigration; Risk; Schizophrenia; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHIOPIA; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46749128899     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170700205X     Document Type: Article

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