Seasonality of births and abortions in New South Wales, Australia

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Weerasinghe, Daminda P ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abortion; Australia; Births; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; SEASONS;

EID: 17944384090     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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