Impact of sunlight on the age of onset of bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 654-663

  Bauer, Michael ^a   Glenn, Tasha ^b   Alda, Martin ^c   Andreassen, Ole A ^d   Ardau, Raffaella ^e   Bellivier, Frank ^f   Berk, Michael ^g   Bjella, Thomas D ^d   Bossini, Letizia ^h   Del Zompo, Maria ⁱ   Dodd, Seetal ^g   Fagiolini, Andrea ^h   Frye, Mark A ^j   Gonzalez Pinto, Ana ^k   Henry, Chantal ^l   Kapczinski, Flávio ^m   Kliwicki, Sebastian ⁿ   König, Barbara ^o   Kunz, Mauricio ^m   Lafer, Beny ^p   Lopez Jaramillo, Carlos ^q   Manchia, Mirko ^c   Marsh, Wendy ^r   Martinez Cengotitabengoa, Mónica ^k   Melle, Ingrid ^d   Morken, Gunnar ^s   Munoz, Rodrigo ^t   Nery, Fabiano G ^p   O'Donovan, Claire ^c   Pfennig, Andrea ^a   Quiroz, Danilo ^u   Rasgon, Natalie ^v   Reif, Andreas ^w   Rybakowski, Janusz ⁿ   Sagduyu, Kemal ^x   Simhandl, Christian ^o   Torrent, Carla ^y   Vieta, Eduard ^y   Zetin, Mark ^z   Whybrow, Peter C ^aa   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b ChronoRecord Association   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Unit of Oncology and Molecular Pathology   (Italy)

^f HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^g DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^l FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

ⁿ POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^o BIPOLAR Zentrum Wiener Neustadt   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^q UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^s TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u Mood Disorder Clinic EFESO   (Chile)

^v STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^z CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Age of onset; Bipolar disorder; Solar insolation; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84865788719     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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