Environmental factors, including cannabis, are strongly related to the age of onset and morbidity of schizophrenia

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Vishal Bhavsar. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;18(3):84.

doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-102040. Epub 2015 May 15.

¹ Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK; vishal.2.bhavsar@kcl.ac.uk.

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Keywords: EPIDEMIOLOGY.

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