Maternal influenza, obstetric complications, and schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1714-1720

  Wright, Padraig ^a   Takei, Noriyoshi ^a   Rifkin, Larry ^a   Murray, Robin M ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0028863446     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.12.1714     Document Type: Article

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