Prevalence of seasonal affective disorder in Italy;Prevalenza del disturbo affettivo stagionale in Italia

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-276

  Pacitti, Francesca ^a   Russo, Daniele ^b   Iannitelli, Angela ^b,c   Bersani, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prevalence; SAD; SPAQ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

EID: 34548473597     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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