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Season of Birth Among the Sibs of Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Carol Buck  and
Helen Simpson
Carol Buck
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, N6A 5B7
Helen Simpson
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, N6A 5B7
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Summary

The season of birth distribution of 1,039 sibs of Canadian schizophrenic patients was compared with that of births in the Canadian general population over the same time period. The excess of winter births observed among the schizophrenics was not found among their sibs.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 358 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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