Seasonality of schizophrenia births in the Japanese population: Increased winter births possibly confined to the north area

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 433-438

  Tochigi, Mamoru ^a   Onai, Takashi ^e   Narita, Kaori ^c   Hibino, Hiroyuki ^d   Rogers, Mark ^a   Umekage, Tadashi ^a,b   Kohda, Kazuhisa ^a   Otani, Toshiyuki ^a   Kanamori, Ryo ^e   Kato, Nobumasa ^a   Sasaki, Tsukasa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kisakata Hospital   (Japan)

^d Fukui Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^e Haryugaoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese population; Latitude; Meteorological factors; Schizophrenia; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 21044446515     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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