Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 51-60 , 15 July 2005

Are seasonality of mood and eveningness closely associated?

  • Vincenzo Natale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 51 2091846; fax: +39 51 243086.
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  • Ana Adan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinic on Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 171, E-08035 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Paolo Scapellato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

Received 16 June 2004 ,Revised 13 October 2004 ,Accepted 16 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.12.010

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