Seasonal variation in mood in African American College students in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1084-1089

  Agumadu, Charles O ^b   Yousufi, Samina M ^b   Malik, Irum S ^b   Nguyen, Minh Chau T ^b   Jackson, Michael A ^b   Soleymani, Kambiz ^b   Thrower, Courtney M ^b   Peterman, Michelle J ^b   Walters, Gene W ^b   Niemtzoff, Mariana J ^b   Bartko, John J ^b   Postolache, Teodor T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2942585146     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.6.1084     Document Type: Article

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