The aetiology of schizophrenia: what have the Swedish Medical Registers taught us?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1471-1479

  Harper, Sarah ^a   Towers Evans, Helen ^b   MacCabe, James ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Review; Risk; Schizophrenia; Swedish Medical Registers

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84942988907     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1081-7     Document Type: Review

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