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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume 31, 1997 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Season of Birth and Schizophrenia in Tasmania

Ivor H. Jones Psychiatry Division of Clinical Sciences, University of Tasmania, 43 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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David A. Hay School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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Kenneth C. Kirkby Psychiatry Division of Clinical Sciences, University of Tasmania, 43 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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Brett A. Daniels Psychiatry Division of Clinical Sciences, University of Tasmania, 43 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia
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Bryan J. Mowry Wolston Park Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Pages 57-61 | Received 19 Mar 1996, Accepted 21 Jun 1996, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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