Persons with schizophrenia migrate towards urban areas due to the development of their disorder or its prodromata

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 204-208

  Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research IPSYCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drift; Epidemiology; Incidence rate ratio; Nationwide; Odds ratio; Prospective study; Retrospective study; Schizophrenia; Selective migration; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942366963     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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