Moon and media: Lunar cycles and television viewing

Media Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-299

  Vandebosch, Heidi ^a   Roe, Keith ^b   Van Den Bulck, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 33749680386     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532785xmep0803_5     Document Type: Article

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