Five-year mortality in a cohort of people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia
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Five-year mortality in a cohort of people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND Schizophrenia is associated with a two to three fold excess mortality. Both natural and unnatural causes were reported. However, there is dearth of evidence from low and middle income (LAMIC) countries, particularly in Africa. To our knowledge this is the first community based report from Africa. METHODS We followed a cohort of 307 (82.1% males) patients with schizophrenia for five...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-11-165