The seasonality of live birth is strongly influenced by socio-demographic factors

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1512-1517

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Gjonca, Arjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; Fertility; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034942965     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.7.1512     Document Type: Article

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