Lung function and respiratory diseases in people with psychosis: population-based study

Krista Partti1, Tuula Vasankari2, Merja Kanervisto2

  • 1Krista Partti, MD, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Finland; Tuula Vasankari, MD, PhD, Finnish Lung Health Association, Helsinki, Finland; Merja Kanervisto, PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland; Jonna Perälä, MD, PhD, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, and Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland; Samuli I. Saarni, MD, PhD, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku, Finland; Pekka Jousilahti, MD, PhD, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Jouko Lönnqvist, MD, PhD, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland; Jaana Suvisaari, MD, PhD, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland krista.partti@thl.fi.

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