Bad moon rising: The persistent belief in lunar connections to madness

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1498-1500

  Iosif, Alina ^a   Ballon, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOON; NOTE; PERIODICITY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 28844502662     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.051119     Document Type: Note

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