Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 271-272 , June 2010

Prenatal tobacco exposure in first-episode psychosis

Received 4 November 2009 ,Revised 31 December 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.004

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 271-272 , June 2010

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