Schizophrenia and 1957 pandemic of influenza: Meta-analysis

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-228

  Selten, Jean Paul ^a,b,c   Frissen, Aleida ^a   Lensvelt Mulders, Gerty ^c   Morgan, Vera A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Rivierduinen Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Epidemiology; Prenatal exposure; Prenatal infection; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; PANDEMIC; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77749264376     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbp147     Document Type: Article

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