Paternal age and schizophrenia: A population based cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7474, 2004, Pages 1070-1073

  Sipos, Attila ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^b   Harrison, Glynn ^a   Tynelius, Per ^b   Lewis, Glyn ^a   Leon, David A ^c   Gunnell, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERM; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PEDIGREE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 8544276579     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38243.672396.55     Document Type: Article

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