Annual Rhythm of Human Reproduction: I. Biology, Sociology, or Both?

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 195-216

  Roenneberg, Till ^a   Aschof, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BIRTH RATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0025478498     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049000500303     Document Type: Article

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