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Evidence for causal effects of lifetime smoking on risk for depression and schizophrenia: a Mendelian randomisation study

Robyn E. Wootton, Rebecca C. Richmond, Bobby Stuijfzand, Rebecca B. Lawn, Hannah Sallis, Gemma Taylor, Gibran Hemani, Hannah Jones, Stanley Zammit, George Davey Smith, Marcus R. Munafò

Psychological Medicine · 2019

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Summary

These findings suggest that the association between smoking, schizophrenia and depression is due, at least in part, to a causal effect of smoking, providing further evidence for the detrimental consequences of smoking on mental health.

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1017/s0033291719002678
Catalogue ID
BFmoef2ocf-4grv7b
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