The Effects of Meteorological Conditions on the Circadian Rhythm of Births
We found that the circadian rhythm of births is influenced by temperature, with an anticipation of the time of birth on warmer days. To our knowledge, our results are the first evidence of the effects of daily temperature on the time of birth.
Authors
- Laura Rizzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2470-3953)
- Alessio Fornasin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-0581)
- Giovanni Fonseca
Institutions
- University of Udine (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Human Biology
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70120
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.91
Funders
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca