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Kanae Kaku

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ID5938734
NAMEKanae Kaku
GIVEN NAMESKanae
FAMILY NAMEKaku
SIGNATUREKAKU K
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
H-INDEX2
  • Increased induced abortion rate in 1966, an aspect of a Japanese folk superstition

    Open Access•Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•1975

    Adecrease of about 463 000 live births occurred in Japan in 1966, constituting a sharp departure from the linear trend before and after. This was partly caused by contraception and partly by induced abortion. The induced abortion rate, 43.1 per 1000 births in the year (a total of 65 000), was significantly higher than the 30.6 expected (46.200 total) from the regression trend computed from the years 1963 to 1969. No epidemics were reported in 196…

  • Were girl babies sacrificed to a folk superstition in 1966 in Japan

    Open Access•Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•1975

    Although it was expected by observers in Japan that the potency of belief in the superstition of the year of Fire-horse would be made apparent by a decrease in births and an increase of the induced abortion rate, an increase of infant mortality rate was not anticipated. However, an analysis of the early neonatal mortality rate of accidents and violence revealed a remarkable increase for girls but not for boys in 1966, the most recent year of Fire…

  • Influence of a folk superstition on fertility of Japanese in California and Hawaii, 1966

    Kanae Kaku, Y S Matsumoto et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•1975•Cited by: 4•References: 1

    Influence of a folk superstition on fertility of Japanese in California and Hawaii, 1966. K Kaku, and Y S MatsumotoCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.65.2.170 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Are physicians sympathetic to superstition? A study of Hinoe‐Uma

    Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Social Biology•1972•Cited by: 5•References: 1

    (1972). Are physicians sympathetic to superstition? A study of Hinoe‐Uma. Social Biology: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 60-64

  • Are physicians sympathetic to superstition? A study of Hinoe‐Uma

    Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Social Biology•1972•Cited by: 5•References: 1

    (1972). Are physicians sympathetic to superstition? A study of Hinoe‐Uma. Social Biology: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 60-64

  • Influence of a folk superstition on fertility of Japanese in California and Hawaii, 1966

    Kanae Kaku, Y S Matsumoto et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•1975•Cited by: 4•References: 1

    Influence of a folk superstition on fertility of Japanese in California and Hawaii, 1966. K Kaku, and Y S MatsumotoCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.65.2.170 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Are physicians sympathetic to superstition? A study of Hinoe‐Uma

    Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Social Biology•1972•Cited by: 5•References: 1

    (1972). Are physicians sympathetic to superstition? A study of Hinoe‐Uma. Social Biology: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 60-64

  • Increased induced abortion rate in 1966, an aspect of a Japanese folk superstition

    Open Access•Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•1975

    Adecrease of about 463 000 live births occurred in Japan in 1966, constituting a sharp departure from the linear trend before and after. This was partly caused by contraception and partly by induced abortion. The induced abortion rate, 43.1 per 1000 births in the year (a total of 65 000), was significantly higher than the 30.6 expected (46.200 total) from the regression trend computed from the years 1963 to 1969. No epidemics were reported in 196…

  • Were girl babies sacrificed to a folk superstition in 1966 in Japan

    Open Access•Kanae Kaku•ARTICLE•Annals of Human Biology•1975

    Although it was expected by observers in Japan that the potency of belief in the superstition of the year of Fire-horse would be made apparent by a decrease in births and an increase of the induced abortion rate, an increase of infant mortality rate was not anticipated. However, an analysis of the early neonatal mortality rate of accidents and violence revealed a remarkable increase for girls but not for boys in 1966, the most recent year of Fire…

  • Influence of a folk superstition on fertility of Japanese in California and Hawaii, 1966

    Kanae Kaku, Y S Matsumoto et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•1975•Cited by: 4•References: 1

    Influence of a folk superstition on fertility of Japanese in California and Hawaii, 1966. K Kaku, and Y S MatsumotoCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.65.2.170 Published Online: October 07, 2011

Superstition (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Abortion (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Fertility (2 works) · History (2 works) · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (2 works)

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