Birth cohort studies in psychiatry: Beginning at the beginning

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1375-1383

  Colman, Ian ^a   Jones, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIRTH ORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HABIT; HALLUCINATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROSCIENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIVACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 10044233986     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704003277     Document Type: Review

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