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Association Between Population Density and Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia.
JAMA psychiatry - 1 Sept 2018
Colodro-Conde Lucía, Couvy-Duchesne Baptiste, Whitfield John B, Streit Fabian, Gordon Scott, Kemper Kathryn E, Yengo Loic, Zheng Zhili, Trzaskowski Maciej, de Zeeuw Eveline L, Nivard Michel G, Das Marjolijn, Neale Rachel E, MacGregor Stuart, Olsen Catherine M, Whiteman David C, Boomsma Dorret I, Yang Jian, Rietschel Marcella, McGrath John J, Medland Sarah E, Martin Nicholas G
Abstract excerpt
Importance: Urban life has been proposed as an environmental risk factor accounting for the increased prevalence of schizophrenia in urban areas. An alternative hypothesis is that individuals with increased genetic risk tend to live in urban/dense areas. Objective: To assess whether adults with higher genetic risk for schizophrenia have an increased probability to live in more populated areas than those with...
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