Seasonality of birth in patients with mood disorders in Japan

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-46

  Mino, Yoshio ^a   Oshima, Iwao ^b   Okagami, Kazuo ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Res Inst Mental Hlth Welf Z   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Birth date; Depression; Mood disorders; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 0034062245     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(99)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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