Correlation of a 140-year global time signature in cancer mortality birth cohorts with galactic cosmic ray variation

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-319

  Juckett, David A ^a,b  

^a Barros Research Institute   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort effect; Cosmic radiation; Evolution; Incidence; Mortality; Space travel

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; COSMIC RAY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37549017296     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550407003928     Document Type: Article

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