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Do urbanicity and familial liability coparticipate in causing psychosis?
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2003
van Os Jim, Hanssen Manon, Bak Maarten, Bijl Rob V, Vollebergh Wilma
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OBJECTIVE: The urban environment and familial liability are risk factors for psychotic illness, but it is not known whether a biological synergism exists between these two proxy causes. METHOD: The amount of biological synergism between familial liability (defined as a family history of delusions and/or hallucinations necessitating psychiatric treatment) and a five-level rating of population density of place of...
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