The ecology of human birth seasonally
β Scribed by R. G. Condon; Richard Scaglion
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 908 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-7839
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Objective: Previous studies suggest season of birth variation in eating disorders akin to those of psychoses. We studied season of birth variation in bulimia nervosa. Method: Season of birth variation in 935 patients was examined after adjustment for population trends. Variation was also examined fo
A statistically significant season of birth variation is found in an unselected nationwide sample of 1,939 eating disorders patients, with peak season of birth occurring in May. However, among younger patients (n = 882), peak season of birth is in March, which is statistically significantly differen