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Season of Birth of Schizophrenics: Cyclic Trends and Their Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Tom Shensky  and
Eric Shur
Tom Shensky
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London SE5
Eric Shur
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London SE5
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 3 , September 1982 , pp. 316 - 317
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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