Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 1 , Pages 107-109 , 1 October 2005

Association of education and cognitive status in Brazilian elderly institutionalized patients with schizophrenia

  • Ursula Vega

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB - UFRJ) Av. Venceslau Brás, 71 (fundos), Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 22290-140, Brazil
    • Tel.: +55 21 2295 3499.
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  • Claudia Silberman

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB - UFRJ) Av. Venceslau Brás, 71 (fundos), Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 22290-140, Brazil
    • ,
  • Raphael J. Braga

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Department, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore, LIJ health System, 75-59 263rd Street, Glen Oaks, New York, 11004, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 718 470 8378; fax: +1 718 343 1659.
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  • Katherine E. Burdick

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Department, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore, LIJ health System, 75-59 263rd Street, Glen Oaks, New York, 11004, USA
    • Tel.: +1 718 470 8100.
    • ,
  • Jerson Laks

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB - UFRJ) Av. Venceslau Brás, 71 (fundos), Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 22290-140, Brazil

Received 4 March 2005 ,Revised 28 April 2005 ,Accepted 9 May 2005.

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PII: S0920-9964(05)00202-1

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.05.012

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 1 , Pages 107-109 , 1 October 2005

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