Seasonality of births in affective disorder in an Irish population

European Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 353-358

  Clarke, M ^a   Keogh, F ^b   Murphy, P T ^a   Morris, M ^a   Larkin, C ^a   Walsh, D ^b   O'Callaghan, E ^a  

^a Cluain Mhuire Family Centre   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; Kolgomorov Smirnov type statistic; Season of birth; Unipolar affective disorder

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032287065     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(99)80702-0     Document Type: Article

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