Appointments at a thyroid outpatient clinic and the lunar cycle

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 298-301

  Zettinig, Georg ^a,c   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Pirich, Christian ^a   Dudczak, Robert ^a   Waldhoer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Full moon; Human behaviour; Lunar cycle; Lunar phases; Thyroid outpatient clinic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOON; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SCHEDULING; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0037526766     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040335     Document Type: Article

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