Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , May 2010

Early developmental milestones and risk of schizophrenia: A 45-year follow-up of the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort

  • Holger J. Sørensen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
    • Department of Psychiatry, Amager Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
    • ,
  • Erik L. Mortensen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
    • Department of Environmental Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Center of Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Environmental Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5 A, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Tel.: +45 35327839; fax: +45 35327748.
    • ,
  • Jason Schiffman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA
    • ,
  • June M. Reinisch

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
    • The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
    • ,
  • Justin Maeda

      Affiliations

    • University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    • ,
  • Sarnoff A. Mednick

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
    • Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California, USA
    • Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, USA

Received 22 September 2009 ,Revised 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 29 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.01.029

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , May 2010

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