Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 76-80 , May 2010

Time-to-pregnancy and risk of schizophrenia

  • Mark G.A. Opler

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, InSPIRES-Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dept of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States.
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  • Susan Harlap

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, InSPIRES-Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • New York University School of Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York, NY, United States
    • New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, United States
    • ,
  • Katherine Ornstein

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Karine Kleinhaus

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, InSPIRES-Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • New York University School of Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York, NY, United States
    • New York University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, United States
    • ,
  • Mary Perrin

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, InSPIRES-Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • New York University School of Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • James E. Gangwisch

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Pesach Lichtenberg

      Affiliations

    • Herzog Hospital and Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Benjamin Draiman

      Affiliations

    • Herzog Hospital and Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Dolores Malaspina

      Affiliations

    • New York University School of Medicine, InSPIRES-Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, United States
    • New York University School of Medicine, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York, NY, United States

Received 8 September 2009 ,Revised 17 January 2010 ,Accepted 20 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.013

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 76-80 , May 2010

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