Seasonal variations in mood and behavior in Romanian postgraduate students

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 870-879

  Soriano, Joseph J ^a   Ciupagea, Constantin ^b   Rohan, Kelly J ^c   Neculai, Dorin B ^b,d   Yousufi, Samina M ^e   Guzman, Alvaro ^a   Postolache, Teodor T ^a  

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

^b Romanian Center for Economic Modelling   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d Institute and Hospital Professor Dr Dorin Hociota   (Romania)

^e St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Environmental light; Environmental temperature; Ethnic differences; Heat; Seasonal affective disorder; Standard of living impact; Summer type SAD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOOD; PIACENZIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR CONDITIONING; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34250769031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.127     Document Type: Article

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