Prenatal factors in schizophrenia

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-213

  King, Suzanne ^a   St Hilaire, Annie ^a,b   Heidkamp, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

neurodevelopment; obstetric complications; prenatal maternal stress; risk factors; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957876016     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410378360     Document Type: Article

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