Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 113-118 , 1 July 2005

Smoking initiation and schizophrenia: a replication study in a Spanish sample

  • Manuel Gurpegui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurosciences, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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  • José M. Martínez-Ortega

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurosciences, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
  • ,
  • M. Carmen Aguilar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurosciences, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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  • Francisco J. Diaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Universidad Nacional, Medellín, Colombia
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  • Hernando M. Quintana

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, Medellín, Colombia
  • ,
  • Jose de Leon

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Center at Eastern State Hospital, 627 West Fourth St., Lexington, KY 40508, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 859 246 7487; fax: +1 859 246 7019.

Received 28 September 2004 ,Revised 23 November 2004 ,Accepted 3 December 2004.

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PII: S0920-9964(04)00464-5

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.12.007

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 113-118 , 1 July 2005