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Perioperative Behaviour: Is There a Lunar Influence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2007

Alfred Philip James Lake  and
Linda Anne Hodge
Alfred Philip James Lake
Affiliation:
Alexandra Dental Centre, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire, UK
Linda Anne Hodge
Affiliation:
Alexandra Dental Centre, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire, UK
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ABSTRACT

Working in the community dental service for 16(LAH) and 19(APJL) years, in common we are sure with many readers, we have observed marked differences in perioperative behaviour which could not be adequately explained when all the other usually influencing factors appeared constant and sought an alternative explanation by evaluating any lunar influence.

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Short Communication
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 2007 , pp. 56 - 58
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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