Psychiatry Research
Volume 159, Issue 1 , Pages 127-132 , 30 May 2008

Social class, family history and type of schizophrenia

  • Brian J. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Bernard J. Gallagher III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
    • ,
  • Anthony M. Pisa

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph A. McFalls Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA

Received 18 October 2006 ,Revised 9 July 2007 ,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.006

Psychiatry Research
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