Geographic differences in seasonality of preterm births in Japan

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 919-935

  Matsuda, Shinya ^a   Kahyo, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arima model; Geographic differences; Japan; Preterm births; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032192456     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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