Season of birth in siblings of patients with seasonal affective disorder: A test of the parental conception habits hypothesis

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 257, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 378-382

  Pjrek, Edda ^a   Winkler, Dietmar ^a   Praschak Rieder, Nicole ^a   Willeit, Matthäus ^a   Stastny, Jürgen ^a   Konstantinidis, Anastasios ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Birth date; Fall winter depression; Mood disorder; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH RATE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SIBLING;

AUSTRIA; BIRTH RATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 42949152870     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-007-0720-8     Document Type: Article

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