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Air pollutants, genetic susceptibility and the risk of schizophrenia: large prospective study: commentary, Scorza et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2025

Fulvio A. Scorza
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Paulista School of Medicine/Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil Neurosurgery Unit, Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Research Department, Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Raphael Wuo-Silva
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Rozana M. Ciconelli
Affiliation:
Research Department, Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Josef Finsterer
Affiliation:
Neurology and Neurophysiology Center, Vienna, Austria
Feres Chaddad-Neto*
Affiliation:
Neurosurgery Unit, Beneficência Portuguesa Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Correspondence: Feres Chaddad-Neto. Email: fereschaddad@hotmail.com

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