The Effect of the Gravitation of the Moon on Frequency of Births

Ryotaro Wake; Takuya Misugi; Kenei Shimada; Minoru Yoshiyama

doi:10.4137/EHI.S5525

Environmental Health Insights (Jan 2010)

The Effect of the Gravitation of the Moon on Frequency of Births

Ryotaro Wake,
Takuya Misugi,
Kenei Shimada,
Minoru Yoshiyama

Affiliations

Ryotaro Wake: Departments of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
Takuya Misugi: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
Kenei Shimada: Departments of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
Minoru Yoshiyama: Departments of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S5525
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the gravitation of the Moon on the frequency of births in Kyoto, Japan. A retrospective cohort analysis of 1007 consecutive births without the use of the induction agents was conducted on a population of births in a private midwife hospital from January, 1966 to December, 2000. There was a significant increase in the cases of births, when the gravitation of the Moon to the Earth was less than 31.5 N. Results of this study suggest that the gravitation of the Moon has an influence on the frequency of births.

Published in Environmental Health Insights

ISSN: 1178-6302 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
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