Seasonality of birth in seasonal affective disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1389-1393

  Pjrek, Edda ^a   Winkler, Dietmar ^a   Heiden, Angela ^a   Praschak Rieder, Nicole ^b   Willeit, Matthäus ^b   Konstantinidis, Anastasios ^a   Stastny, Jürgen ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 16544385939     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v65n1014     Document Type: Article

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