The seasonality of conception

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 705-728

  Rizzi, Ester Lucia ^a   Dalla Zuanna, Gianpiero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 38849168796     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0040     Document Type: Article

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