Lunar influence on atrial fibrillation?

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1073-1075

  Mikulecky, M ^a   Valachova, A ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cosinor analysis; Infradians; Moon cycles

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOON; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOON; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030202430     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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