Season of birth in schizophrenia and affective psychoses in Western Australia 1916-61

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-147

  Morgan, V A ^a   Jablensky, A V ^a   Castle, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Alma Street Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective psychoses; Artefacts; Births; Schizophrenia; Seasons; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 0034958495     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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