The birth of chronobiology: Julien Joseph Virey 1814

Chronobiology International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-186

  Reinberg, Alain E ^a   Lewy, Hadas ^b   Smolensky, Michael ^c  

^a Unite de Chronobiologie   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Circadian mortality rhythms; History of medicine; J. J. Virey; Seasonal mortality rhythms

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYGIENE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERIODICITY; PUBLICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRANCE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PORTRAITS; SEASONS;

EID: 0035041531     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100103184     Document Type: Article

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