Prevalence of schizophrenia in China between 1990 and 2010

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chan, Kit Yee ^a,b,c   Zhao, Fei Fei ^d   Meng, Shijiao ^d   Demaio, Alessandro R ^e,f,g   Reed, Craig ^a,b   Theodoratou, Evropi ^a,b   Campbell, Harry ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^d   Rudan, Igor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85014388996     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.05.010410     Document Type: Article

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