Mood-worsening with high-pollen-counts and seasonality: A preliminary report

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Guzman, Alvaro ^a,b   Tonelli, Leonardo H ^a   Roberts, Darryl ^a,c   Stiller, John W ^a,b   Jackson, Michael A ^b   Soriano, Joseph J ^a   Yousufi, Samina ^b   Rohan, Kelly J ^d   Komarow, Hirsh ^e   Postolache, Teodor T ^a  

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

^b St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Pollen; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34247626735     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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