Seasonality of birth in patients with schizophrenia in Japan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-252

  Mino, Yoshio ^a   Oshima, Iwao ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth; Japan; Schizophrenia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER;

BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 33644941407     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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