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Relative Humidity and Manic Admissions in the London Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David Mawson  and
Alan Smith
David Mawson
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London, SE5 8AZ
Alan Smith
Affiliation:
Biometrics Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London, SE5 8AF
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Summary

This report describes an investigation into a possible relationship between barometric pressure and relative humidity, and depressive and manic admissions in the London area. A negative correlation between manic admissions and relative humidity was observed when the data were examined in several ways.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 2 , February 1981 , pp. 134 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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