Foetal origins of schizophrenia: Testable hypotheses of genetic and environmental influences

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 383-385

  Abel, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFLICT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA;

BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 2442472358     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.5.383     Document Type: Editorial

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