Seasonal variations in hospital admissions for affective disorders by gender and ethnicity

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 211-217

  Suhail, K ^a   Cochrane, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NEGRO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 0031959204     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050045     Document Type: Article

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