Birth seasonality in schizophrenia: Effects of gender and income status

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 426-433

  Cheng, Chin ^a,b   Loh, El Wui ^c   Lin, Ching Heng ^b   Chan, Chin Hong ^b,d   Lan, Tsuo Hung ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

epidemiology; schizophrenia; season of birth; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; TAIWAN; WINTER;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASON OF BIRTH; SEASONALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84883311718     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12076     Document Type: Article

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