A case-control study of the seasonality effects on schizophrenic births on a tropical island

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Carrión Baralt, Jose R ^a   Fuentes Rivera, Zulma ^b   Schmeidler, James ^a   Silverman, Jeremy M ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mental Health Center   (Puerto Rico)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Puerto Rico; Risk factors; Schizophrenia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICS;

BIRTH RATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 4444337205     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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