Schizophrenia Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 32-44 , October 2006

Project among African-Americans to explore risks for schizophrenia (PAARTNERS): Recruitment and assessment methods

  • Muktar H. Aliyu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CHSB 19 Rm. 403/Box 3, 933 19th Street South, Birmingham AL 35294-2041, United States. Tel.: +1 205 996 2190; fax: +1 205 996 2119.
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  • Monica E. Calkins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Charlie L. Swanson Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • Paul D. Lyons

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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  • Robert M. Savage

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • Roberta May

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • Howard Wiener

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • Bernie Devlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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  • J. Daniel Ragland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Raquel E. Gur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Ruben C. Gur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Section, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • L. Dianne Bradford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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  • Neil Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, United States
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  • Joseph Kwentus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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  • Joseph P. McEvoy

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center-John Umstead Hospital, Butner, NC, United States
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  • Alberto B. Santos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
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  • Stephen McCleod-Bryant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
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  • Clifton Tennison

      Affiliations

    • Helen Ross McNabb Center, Knoxville, TN, United States
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  • Rodney C.P. Go

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • On behalf of the PAARTNERS study group

Received 5 March 2006 ,Revised 16 June 2006 ,Accepted 19 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.06.027

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 32-44 , October 2006

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