Schizophrenia After Prenatal Famine

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 577-578

  Van os, Jim ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; STARVATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; STARVATION;

EID: 0031154657     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830180095015     Document Type: Letter

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