Chromosome aberration and environmental physical activity: Down syndrome and solar and cosmic ray activity, Israel, 1990-2000

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Stoupel, Eliahu G ^a,b   Frimer, Helena ^c   Appelman, Zvi ^d   Ben Neriah, Ziva ^d   Dar, Hanna ^e   Fejgin, Moshe D ^b,e   Gershoni Baruch, Ruth ^f   Manor, Esther ^e   Barkai, Gad ^b,g   Shalev, Stavit ^h   Gelman Kohan, Zully ^e   Reish, Orit ^b,e   Lev, Dorit ^b,e   Davidov, Bella ^a   Goldman, Boleslaw ^b,g   Shohat, Mordechai ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Institute of Medical Genetics   (Israel)

^f RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^h HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Cosmic rays; Down syndrome; Solar flux; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COSMIC RADIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COSMIC RADIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 24744452199     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0274-2     Document Type: Article

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