Seasonal variations of mood and behavior among Japanese graduate students

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Pallos, Henrik ^a   Yamada, Naoto ^a   Miyazaki, Soichiro ^a   Okawa, Masako ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graduate student; Japan; Prevalence; Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 27944497839     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2005.00158.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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