Adult Schizophrenia Following Prenatal Exposure to an Influenza Epidemic

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 189-192

  Mednick, Sarnoff A ^a,b   Machon, Ricardo A ^a,c   Huttunen, Matti O ^a,d   Bonett, Douglas ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Psykologisk Institut ^*  (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023850031     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800260109013     Document Type: Article

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