Cross-regional survey of seasonal affective disorders in adults and high-school students in Japan

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-133

  Imai, Makoto ^a,c   Kayukawa, Yuhei ^a   Ohta, Tatsuro ^a   Li, Lan ^a   Nakagawa, Takeo ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; High school students; Latitude; Prevalence; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LATITUDE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; SUMMER; WINTER; WORKER;

EID: 0242266532     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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