Pre-conception inter-pregnancy interval and risk of schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-339

  Gunawardana, Lihini ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Zammit, Stanley ^a,b   Whitley, Elise ^b   Gunnell, David ^b   Lewis, Sarah ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIRTH INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053410760     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.092916     Document Type: Article

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