Evidence that the lunar cycle influences human sleep

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1485-1488

  Cajochen, Christian ^a   Altanay Ekici, Songül ^a   Münch, Mirjam ^b   Frey, Sylvia ^a   Knoblauch, Vera ^c   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Centre for Sleep Medicine   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84881313638     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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