Income inequality and schizophrenia: Increased schizophrenia incidence in countries with high levels of income inequality

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-196

  Burns, Jonathan K ^a   Tomita, Andrew ^b   Kapadia, Amy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; income inequality; Schizophrenia; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GINI COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GINI COEFFICIENT; INCOME INEQUALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894441718     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013481426     Document Type: Article

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