No changes in mood with the seasons: Observations in 3000 chronic pain patients

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 288-294

  Hardt, J ^a   Gerbershagen, H U ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Red Cross Pain Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Seasonal affective disorder; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032842733     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10863.x     Document Type: Article

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