Urban-rural differences in incidence rates of psychiatric disorders in Denmark

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 435-440

  Vassos, Evangelos ^a   Agerbo, Esben ^b,c   Mors, Ole ^d   Bøcker Pedersen, Carsten ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Lundbeck Foundation   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIRTHPLACE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973541514     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.161091     Document Type: Article

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