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Month of Birth and Schizophrenia in Korea

Sex, Family History, and Handedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chul-Eung Kim ,
Young-Sook Lee ,
Young-Hee Lim ,
In-Young Noh  and
S. H. Park
Chul-Eung Kim*
Affiliation:
Yong-In Mental Hospital, Yong-In Psychiatric Research Institute
Young-Sook Lee
Affiliation:
Yong-In Psychiatric Research Institute, 4 Sangha-Ri, Kusung-Myun, Yongin-Kun, Kyunggi-Do, 449-910, Korea
Young-Hee Lim
Affiliation:
Yong-In Psychiatric Research Institute, 4 Sangha-Ri, Kusung-Myun, Yongin-Kun, Kyunggi-Do, 449-910, Korea
In-Young Noh
Affiliation:
Yong-In Psychiatric Research Institute, 4 Sangha-Ri, Kusung-Myun, Yongin-Kun, Kyunggi-Do, 449-910, Korea
S. H. Park
Affiliation:
Yong-In Psychiatric Research Institute, 4 Sangha-Ri, Kusung-Myun, Yongin-Kun, Kyunggi-Do, 449-910, Korea
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

This study investigates whether there is any difference in the month of birth between people with schizophrenia and controls in Korea. When 1606 patients with schizophrenia were compared with 4582 age- and sex-matched controls, there was no statistically significant difference in the month of birth, the season of birth of schizophrenic patients was not related to sex, family history or handedness.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 829 - 831
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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