Meta-regression analysis using latitude as moderator of paternal age related schizophrenia risk: High ambient temperature induced de novo mutations or is it related to the cold?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Cheng, Jackie Y W ^a   Ko, John S N ^a   Chen, Ronald Y L ^a   Ng, Emil M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Latitude; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Paternal age; Schizophrenia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LATITUDE; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLD CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MUTATION; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 39049097546     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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