Seasonal distribution of psychiatric births in england

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Disanto, Giulio ^a,b   Morahan, Julia M ^a,b   Lacey, Melanie V ^c   DeLuca, Gabriele C ^a,b   Giovannoni, Gavin ^d   Ebers, George C ^a,b   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS;

EID: 84859316484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034866     Document Type: Article

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