Prenatal exposure to influenza and schizophrenia in Surinamese and Dutch Antillean immigrants to the Netherlands

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-103

  Selten, Jean Paul ^a   Slaets, Joris ^b   Kahn, René ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Influenza; Migration; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMIGRANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SURINAME;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEASONS; SURINAME;

EID: 0032570764     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00105-9     Document Type: Article

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