The Stockholm non-affective psychoses study (snaps): The importance of including out-patient data in incidence studies

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-392

  Jorgensen L ^a   Ahlbom, A ^a   Allebeck, P ^a   Dalman, C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incidence; Non affective psychoses; Register study; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NON AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTION BIAS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950955734     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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