Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 100-106 , December 2009

Depressive symptomatology is influenced by chronotypes

  • Enrique Gaspar-Barba

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico
    • ,
  • Raffaella Calati

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Pepoli 5, 40123 Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Carlos S. Cruz-Fuentes

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico
    • ,
  • Martha P. Ontiveros-Uribe

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Natale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Diana De Ronchi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Pepoli 5, 40123 Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Alessandro Serretti

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Pepoli 5, 40123 Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Pepoli 5, 40123 Bologna, Italy. Tel.: +39 051 6584233; fax: +39 051 521030.

Received 3 October 2008 ,Revised 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.02.021

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 100-106 , December 2009

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