Schizophrenia Research
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 7-20 , 1 January 2004

Schizophrenia and season of birth: relationship to geomagnetic storms

Received 13 February 2002 ,Revised 23 October 2002 ,Accepted 31 October 2002.

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