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Season of Birth and Family History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Eric Shur*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5
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Abstract

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Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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