Childhood exposure to ionizing radiation to the head and riskof schizophrenia

Radiation Research

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 670-677

  Sadetzki, Siegal ^a,b   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Mandelzweig, Lori ^a   Nahon, Daniella ^c   Freedman, Laurence ^a   Sussere, Ezra ^e   Grossb, Raz ^a,d,e,f  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TINEA CAPITIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 80155212603     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2596.1     Document Type: Article

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