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No Evidence of Purported Lunar Effect on Hospital Admission Rates or Birth Rates

BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that a fraction of nursing professionals believe in a “lunar effect”—a purported correlation between the phases of the Earth’s moon and human affairs, such as birth rates, blood loss, or fertility. PURPOSE: This article addresses some of the methodological errors and cog...

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Autor principal: Margot, Jean-Luc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25756232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000086