title: Genetic epidemiological study of schizophrenia: reproduction behaviour.
abstract: Data from the Tomsk Epidemiological Register and epidemiological family sample were used to study the relationship between schizophrenics' reproductive behaviour (marital status and fertility rate), severity of ICD-9 schizophrenia and risk of illness among relatives of probands. The results are interpreted in terms of multifactorial threshold and single monolocus models. Their importance for the interpretation of epidemiological data (a change of prevalence rate, cohort effect and clinical polymorphism) is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Talbieh Mental Health Centre, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ritsner
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sherina
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ginath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001723:Birth Rate; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007246:Infertility / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D008957:Models, Genetic; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population