Challenging the Hypothesized link to season of birth in patients with Schizophrenia

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 14-19

  Demler, Tammie Lee ^a,b  

^a Buffalo Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Month of birth; Schizophrenia; Season of birth; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; WINTER;

EID: 80054722807     PISSN: 21588333     EISSN: 21588341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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