Angular-linear correlation coefficient for rhythmometry and circannually changing human birth rates at different geographic latitudes.

E Batschelet; D Hillman; M Smolensky; F Halberg

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Angular-linear correlation coefficient for rhythmometry and circannually changing human birth rates at different geographic latitudes.

E Batschelet·D Hillman·M Smolensky·F Halberg

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E Batschelet, D Hillman, M Smolensky, F Halberg. 1973. Angular-linear correlation coefficient for rhythmometry and circannually changing human birth rates at different geographic latitudes.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4776532/

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