Chaotic solar cycles modulate the incidence and severity of mental illness

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Davis Jr , George E ^a   Lowell, Walter E ^b  

^a Augusta Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^b Maine State Government   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOKINE; MELANIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PIGMENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; LATITUDE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 1342289626     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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