Testing the effect of season of birth on familial risk for schizophrenia and related disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue FEB., 1996, Pages 205-209

  Hettema, John M ^a   Walsh, Dermot ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Loman's Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030051607     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.2.205     Document Type: Article

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