Season of birth and schizophrenia in northeast Brazil: Relationship to rainfall

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 870-873

  Messias, Erick ^a,b,c   Mourao, Carine ^a   Maia, Juliana ^a   Campos, Joao Paulo Mendes ^a   Ribeiro, Kersia ^a   Ribeiro, Luciana ^a   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Schizophrenia; Season of birth; Southern hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BIRTH RATE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; HUMANS; RAIN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 33750994913     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243762.63694.e6     Document Type: Article

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