Seasonal variation in bipolar disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 641-646

  Partonen, Timo ^a,b   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEASONS;

EID: 0029845007     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.5.641     Document Type: Article

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