Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 106-109 , March 2010

Prenatal exposure to tobacco and risk for schizophrenia: a retrospective epidemiological study

  • Audrey Baguelin-Pinaud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen 76031, France
    • INSERM U614, Faculty of Medicine, Rouen 76183, France
    • ,
  • Sylvie Robert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen 76031, France
    • INSERM U614, Faculty of Medicine, Rouen 76183, France
    • ,
  • Jean-François Ménard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen 76031, France
    • ,
  • Florence Thibaut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen 76031, France
    • INSERM U614, Faculty of Medicine, Rouen 76183, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Rouen University Hospital-Charles Nicolle, 76031 Rouen, France. Tel.: +33 2 32 88 82 28; fax: +33 2 35 71 02 38.

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PII: S0010-440X(09)00051-0

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.012

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 106-109 , March 2010

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