Seasonality of admissions for mania in a psychiatric hospital of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 243-248

  Volpe, Fernando Madalena ^a   Del Porto, José Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Brazil; Climate; Mania; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33746225628     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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