Which environmental variables are related to the onset of seasonal affective disorder?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 554-562

  Young, Michael A ^b   Meaden, Patricia M ^a   Fogg, Louis F ^a   Cherin, Eva A ^a   Eastman, Charmane I ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030668477     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.4.554     Document Type: Article

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