Effect of socioeconomic status and parents' education at birth on risk of schizophrenia in offspring

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Corcoran, Cheryl ^a   Perrin, Mary ^f   Harlap, Susan ^f   Deutsch, Lisa ^c   Fennig, Shmuel ^d   Manor, Orly ^c   Nahon, Daniella ^e   Kimhy, David ^a   Malaspina, Dolores ^f   Susser, Ezra ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Israel; Proportionalhazards models; Schizophrenia; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EID: 63949088440     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0439-5     Document Type: Article

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