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| Titel |
Could periodic patterns in human mortality be sensitive to solar activity? |
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R. Díaz-Sandoval, R. Erdélyi, R. Maheswaran |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 29, no. 6 ; Nr. 29, no. 6 (2011-06-25), S.1113-1120 |
| Datensatznummer |
250017045
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-29-1113-2011.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Seasonal behaviour of human diseases have been observed and reported in the
literature for years. Although the Sun plays an essential role in the origin
and evolution of life on Earth, it is barely taken into account in biological
processes for the development of a
specific disease. Higher mortality rates occur
during the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere for several diseases,
particularly diseases of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. This
increment has been associated with seasonal and social causes. However, is
there more behind these correlations, in particular in terms of solar
variability? In this paper we attempt to make a first step towards answering
this question. A detailed wavelet analysis of periodicities for diseases from
England and Wales seem to reveal that mortality periodicities (3 days to half
a year) could be due to the Earth's position around the Sun. Moreover,
crosswavelet and wavelet coherence analysis show common features between
medical diseases and solar proxies around solar maximum activity suggesting
that this relation, if any, has to be searched in times of high solar
activity. |
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