A 17-year oscillation in cancer mortality birth cohorts on three continents - synchrony to cosmic ray modulations one generation earlier

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 487-499

  Juckett, David A ^a,b  

^a Barros Research Institute   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Cancer mortality; Cosmic radiation; Evolution; Grandmother effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OSCILLOMETRY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249152404     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0237-0     Document Type: Article

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