Canadian birth seasonality and its possible association with seasonal brightness

Canadian Studies in Population

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 45-62

  Cummings, David R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atmospheric brightness; Human birth seasonality; Human conceptions; Human fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865375952     PISSN: 03801489     EISSN: 1927629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25336/P6Q89P     Document Type: Article

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