Twenty-five year mortality of a community cohort with schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Brown, Steve ^a   Kim, Miranda ^b   Mitchell, Clemence ^c   Inskip, Hazel ^b  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749116238     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.067512     Document Type: Article

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