Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and solar irradiance: A cloudy perspective

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages e19-e20

  Hoffmann, Maurício S ^a   Polanczyk, Guilherme V ^a,b,c   Kieling, Christian ^a   Dos Santos, Ísis P ^d   Willcutt, Erik G ^e   Rohde, Luis A ^a,c   Salum, Giovanni A ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D METABOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84922220553     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.07.044     Document Type: Letter

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