Distribution of Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke. Environmental and Aging Influences in Men and Women

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-320

  Stoupel, E ^a   Petrauskiene, J ^a   Kalediene, R ^a   Domarkiene, S ^b   Abramson, E ^c   Sulkes, J ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

geomagnetic activity; ischemic heart disease; solar activity; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISRAEL; LITHUANIA; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; STROKE; SUICIDE; TIME OF DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0030426704     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.1996.7.4.303     Document Type: Article

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