Does Population Density and Neighborhood Deprivation Predict Schizophrenia? A Nationwide Swedish Family-Based Study of 2.4 Million Individuals

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 494-502

  Sariaslan, Amir ^a   Larsson, Henrik ^a   D'Onofrio, Brian ^b   Långström, Niklas ^a   Fazel, Seena ^c   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confounding factors; multilevel models; quasiexperimental designs; schizophrenia; socioeconomic factors; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWEDISH CITIZEN; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84937203376     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu105     Document Type: Article

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