Debunking evolutionary psychiatry's schizophrenia paradox

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1215-1222

  Adriaens, Pieter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 43049179365     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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