Lateralized ultradian rhythms in time and space: A chronobiological field study in Kenyan Maasai

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-243

  Meier Koll, Alfred ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOBIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPACE; TIME; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 0032939327     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932099002333     Document Type: Article

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