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Schizophrenia and urbanicity: a major environmental influence--conditional on genetic risk.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Oct 2005
Krabbendam Lydia, van Os Jim
Abstract excerpt
More than 10 studies have consistently shown that around one-third of all schizophrenia incidence may be related to unknown but likely unconfounded environmental factors operating in the urban environment that have an impact on developing children and adolescents to increase, relatively specifically, the later expression of psychosis-like at-risk mental states and overt psychotic disorders. The available evidence...
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