Mood sensitivity to seasonal changes in African college students living in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 584-591

  Guzman, Alvaro ^a,b   Rohan, Kelly J ^c   Yousufi, Samina M ^b   Nguyen, Minh Chau ^b   Jackson, Michael A ^b   Soriano, Joseph J ^a   Postolache, Teodor T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

African immigrants; Ethnic differences; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality; Summer depression; Winter depression

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34247569374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.114     Document Type: Article

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