Seasonal variation in postnatal depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Hiltunen, Pauliina ^a,c   Jokelainen, Jari ^a   Ebeling, Hanna ^a   Szajnberg, Nathan ^b   Moilanen, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b San Francisco (UCSF)   (United States)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Mother; Postnatal depression; Postpartum depression; Season

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0346422374     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00239-2     Document Type: Article

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