Summer birth and deficit schizophrenia in Tunisia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 273-275

  Kallel, Lassad ^a,b,c   Brunelin, Jerome ^b,c   Zghal, Ahmed ^a   Labbane, Raja ^a   Dalery, Jean ^b,c   d'Amato, Thierry ^b,c   Saoud, Mohamed ^b,c  

^a RAZI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UCBL Lyon1 CH Le Vinatier   (France)

^c Hôpital cardioloque   (France)

Author keywords

Deficit syndrome; Schizophrenia; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUMMER; TUNISIA; WINTER;

EID: 34547657626     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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