Brief communication: Birth month influences reproductive performance in contemporary women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1081-1082

  Huber, Susanne ^a,b   Fieder, M ^b   Wallner, B ^b,c   Moser, G ^b   Arnold, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Birth date; Female; Human; Offspring count; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; NULLIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 2442445238     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh247     Document Type: Article

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