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Cancer and schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

I. Levav ,
A. Ponizovsky  and
A. Grinshpoon
I. Levav
Affiliation:
Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, 2 Ben Tabai Street, Jerusalem 93591, Israel. E-mail: levavm@zahav.net.il
A. Ponizovsky
Affiliation:
Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
A. Grinshpoon
Affiliation:
Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 188 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 191
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Copyright © 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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