The impact of the lunar cycle on the incidence of trauma

Autor:	Henk-Jan ten Duis, Maarten W. N. Nijsten, W. Stomp
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Lunar Cycle business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Paranormal Emergency Medicine Medicine Surgery Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine business Full moon Demography
Zdroj:	Trauma. 13:121-124
ISSN:	1477-0350 1460-4086
DOI:	10.1177/1460408610384655
Popis:	Over thousands of years it has been thought that the moon influences human behaviour and the world around us. We reviewed the literature for evidence of a relation of the lunar cycle with the incidence of trauma. We searched Pubmed for studies relating the moon and its phases to trauma. Nine studies were found, of which one suggested an inverse relation of full moon with the incidence of trauma. The lunar cycle might influence trauma incidence, but if any real effect exists, it is certainly small. Moreover such an effect does not require paranormal explanations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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