Schizophrenia Research
Volume 115, Issue 2 , Pages 130-135 , December 2009

Maternal age and paternal age are associated with distinct childhood behavioural outcomes in a general population birth cohort

  • Sukanta Saha

      Affiliations

    • Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Locked Bag 500, Richlands, Q4077, Australia
    • ,
  • Adrian G. Barnett

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia
    • ,
  • Stephen L. Buka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903, United States
    • ,
  • John J. McGrath

      Affiliations

    • Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Locked Bag 500, Richlands, Q4077, Australia
    • Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Q4072, Australia
    • Department of Psychiatry, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Q4072, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health, Locked Bag 500, Richlands, Q4077, Australia.

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 7 September 2009 ,Accepted 7 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.09.012

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 115, Issue 2 , Pages 130-135 , December 2009

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