No association between the deficit syndrome in psychosis and summer birth in a Southern Hemisphere country [1]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 935-936

  Welham, Joy ^a   Chant, David ^a   Saha, S ^a   McGrath, J ^a   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^b   Castle, David ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 33748127494     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01913.x     Document Type: Letter

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