Subsyndromal seasonal affective disorder in Antarctica

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 530-534

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a   Houseal, Matt ^b   Rosenthal, Norman E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 0029810969     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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