Birth seasonality in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and stillbirths

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 141-149

  Torrey, E Fuller ^a   Rawlings, Robert R ^b   Ennis, Jacqueline M ^c   Merrill, Deborah Dickerson ^d   Flores, Donn S ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c Virginia Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^d N Carolina Dept of Hum Resources ^*  (United States)

^e Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Depression; Schizoaffective; Schizophrenia; Seasonality; Stillbirths; Time series

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CHILDBIRTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 0030592318     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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