Temporal Distribution Of Death Among Oncology Patients: Environmental Links

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-234

  Stoupel, Elijah ^a   Abramson, Habil, Evgeny ^a   Sulkes, Jaqueline ^a   Kalediene, Ramune ^b   Petrauskiene, Jadviga ^b   Israelovich, Peter ^c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

cosmic rays; death; geomagnetic; oncology; solar

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLAR RADIATION; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0442294002     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2003.14.3.225     Document Type: Article

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