No season-of-birth effect in schizophrenic patients from a tropical island in the Southern Hemisphere

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 205-210

  D'Amato, Thierry ^a   Guillaud Bataille, Jean Michel ^a   Rochet, Thierry ^a   Jay, Maurice ^b   Mercier, Catherine ^c   Terra, Jean Louis ^a   Daléry, Jean ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé   (France)

^c Hospices Civils de Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Age incidence, cohort effect; Epidemiology; Geographical study; Psychosis; Reunion Island

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0029982075     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02794-1     Document Type: Article

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