Schizophrenia Research
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 119-126 , December 2006

Risk of schizophrenia and other non-affective psychosis among individuals exposed to head injury: Case control study

  • Glynn Harrison

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Bristol BS6 6JL, United Kingdom
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  • Elise Whitley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, University of Bristol, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol BS8 2PR, United Kingdom
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  • Finn Rasmussen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Norrbacka, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 8 7373827; fax: +46 8 7373840.
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  • Glyn Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Bristol BS6 6JL, United Kingdom
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  • Christina Dalman

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Epidemiology-PEP, Stockholm Centre of Public Health, P.O. Box 175 33, S-118 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • David Gunnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, University of Bristol, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol BS8 2PR, United Kingdom

Received 3 March 2006 ,Revised 30 June 2006 ,Accepted 5 July 2006.

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PII: S0920-9964(06)00312-4

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.07.001

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 119-126 , December 2006

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