Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 57-62 , January 2000

Summer and winter patterns of seasonality in Chinese college students: A replication

  • Ling Han

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ling Han, M.D., c/o Francois Primeau, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, St-May's Hospital Center, McGill University, 3830 Lacombe Aye, Montreal Que H3T JM5, Canada.
    • National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Jining Medical College of the Affiliated Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, China
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  • Keqin Wang

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Jining Medical College of the Affiliated Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, China
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  • Yiren Cheng

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Jining Medical College of the Affiliated Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, China
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  • Zhaoyun Du

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Jining Medical College of the Affiliated Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, China
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  • Norman E. Rosenthal

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Jining Medical College of the Affiliated Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, China
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  • Francois Primeau

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Psychobiology Branch, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • Jining Medical College of the Affiliated Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, China

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