Environmental risk factors and their impact on the age of onset of schizophrenia: Comparing familial to non-familial schizophrenia
✍ Scribed by Scherr, Martin; Hamann, Melanie; Schwerthöffer, Dirk; Froböse, Teresa; Vukovich, Ruth; Pitschel-Walz, Gabriele; Bäuml, Josef
- Book ID
- 121246907
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0803-9488
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