Birth month and depressive and suicidal symptoms in an elderly Australian sample born in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 217-219

  Pfaff, Jon J ^a   Bernert, Rebecca A ^b   Hollar, Daniel L ^b   Witte, Tracy K ^b   Merrill, Katherine A ^b   Pettit, Jeremy W ^c   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Joiner Jr , Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Season of birth; Suicidal symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BIRTHPLACE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; TIME;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTURITION; SEASONS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750500677     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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