Maternal Influenza and Schizophrenia in the Offspring

International Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 3-21

  Bagalkote, Hemant ^a   Pang, Dong ^a   Jones, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347751133     PISSN: 00207411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2000.11449500     Document Type: Article

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