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Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1954.tb04231.x
Subject(s) - citation , psychology , information retrieval , library science , computer science
1. By w:iy of introduction a short account is given of the different iiielhods used in population-studies and family-investigations in the field of psychiatry, special attention being paid to the advantages and difficulties connected with an investigation stretching over a long period of time in a geographically limited area. The aim of the present study has been to carry out such a period investigation for a sufficiently big population in Sweden, selected so as to be fairly representative for the Swedish rural population. The investigation has been so planned and executed that we have been able to study both the population residing in the area and what we have referred to as the birth-population (those born in the area).