Season of birth in psychiatry: A review

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Castrogiovanni, Paolo ^a   Iapichino, Sonia ^a   Pacchierotti, Claudia ^a   Pieraccini, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth; Psychiatry; Season

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASON; WINTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EATING DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031833346     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026499     Document Type: Article

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