Reduced risk of cancer in schizophrenia: A role for obstetric complications?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-253

  Preti, Antonio ^a  

^a Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOXIA; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROPROTECTION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ZYGOSITY;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 48749128662     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01235.x     Document Type: Letter

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