Schizophrenia Research
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 145-153 , 1 November 2004

A case-control study of the seasonality effects on schizophrenic births on a tropical island

  • Jose R. Carrión-Baralt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Zulma Fuentes-Rivera

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Center, Cayey 00736, Puerto Rico
    • ,
  • James Schmeidler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Jeremy M. Silverman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Tel.: +1-212-659-8822; fax: +1-212-849-2505.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA

Received 11 September 2003 ,Revised 30 October 2003 ,Accepted 3 November 2003.

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PII: S0920-9964(03)00387-6

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.11.004

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 145-153 , 1 November 2004

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