The influence of lunar phenomena on the incidence of emergency cases

Resuscitation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Wolbank, Silke ^a   Prause, G ^a   Smolle Juettner, F ^a   Smolle, J ^a   Heidinger, D ^a   Quehenberger, F ^a   Spernbauer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emergency; Emergency medical services; Lunar phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FIRST AID; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038303709     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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