Maternal recall of pregnancy history: Accuracy and bias in schizophrenia research

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 335-350

  Buka, Stephen L ^a   Goldstein, Jill M ^b   Seidman, Larry J ^d   Tsuang, Ming T ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Harvard Inst Psychiat E   (United States)

^d Harvard Inst Psychiat E ^*

Author keywords

Maternal recall; Obstetric complications; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033920658     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033457     Document Type: Article

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