Decline and loss of birth seasonality in Spain: Analysis of 33 421 731 births over 60 years

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 713-718

  Cancho Candela, Ramón ^a   Andrés De Llano, Jesús María ^a   Ardura Fernández, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

BIRTH RATE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547153815     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.050211     Document Type: Article

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