The lunar cycle: Effects on human and animal behavior and physiology

Postepy Higieny i Medycyny Doswiadczalnej

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-7

  Zimecki, Michał ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Immune response; Lunar cycle; Melatonin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOON; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MELATONIN; MOON; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84946548248     PISSN: 00325449     EISSN: 17322693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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