Seasonal affective disorders: Relevance of Icelandic and Icelandic-Canadian evidence to etiologic hypotheses

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-158

  Axelsson, Jóhann ^a   Stefánsson, Jón G ^a   Magnússon, Andrés ^a   Sigvaldason, Helgi ^a   Karlsson, Mikael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Comparative study; Depression; Mood disorder; SAD; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonal disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; WINTER;

EID: 0036253804     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370204700205     Document Type: Article

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