Seasonality and infectious disease in schizophrenia: The birth hypothesis revisited

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 501-509

  Battle, Yusef L ^a   Martin, Bradley C ^b   Dorfman, Jeffrey H ^b   Miller, L Stephen ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Infectious disease; Influenza; Measles; Schizophrenia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 0032716983     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3956(99)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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