Seasonality patterns of mood and behavior in the Old Order Amish

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-60

  Patel, Falguni ^a   Postolache, Nadine ^a   Mohyuddin, Hira ^a   Vaswani, Dipika ^a   Balis, Theodora ^a   Raheja, Uttam K ^a,b   Postolache, Teodor T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Old order amish; Seasonal pattern assessment questionnaires (SPAQ); Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMISH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP; SOCIALIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WINTER;

EID: 84881621397     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijdhd-2012-0127     Document Type: Article

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