Temporal and regional variations in the seasonality of births in Åland (Finland), 1653-1950

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-112

  Fellman, Johan ^a   Eriksson, Aldur W ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; SEASON; SWEDEN; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73149095414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485560903054788     Document Type: Article

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