Trends and seasonality in birth frequency: A comparison of Muslim and Jewish populations in southern Israel: Daily time series analysis of 200 009 births, 1988-2005

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1492-1500

  Friger, Michael ^a   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^a   Abu Saad, Kathleen ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth seasonality; Environmental effects; Epidemiology; Mathematical modeling; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MOSLEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 66249147878     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep040     Document Type: Article

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