Schizophrenia and season of birth: Relationship to geomagnetic storms

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-20

  Kay, Ronald W ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic; Schizophrenia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; WEATHER;

EID: 0347596653     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00495-4     Document Type: Article

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