Incidence of Schizophrenia among second-generation immigrants in the Jerusalem perinatal cohort

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 596-602

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

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New York University ^*  (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Immigration; Israel; Longitudinal; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORTH AFRICA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65349117727     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn089     Document Type: Article

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