Induced effects of solar variability on asthmatic crises in adults

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Published: Oct 1, 2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.4.247
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Solar variability Sun-biosphere solar activity asthma

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Eduardo Del Pozo
Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy, Ministry of Sciences, Tecnology and Enviromment, La Lisa, Cuba
Gisselle Gil
Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy, Ministry of Sciences, Tecnology and Enviromment, La Lisa, Cuba
Jorge F. Valiente
Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy, Ministry of Sciences, Tecnology and Enviromment, La Lisa, Cuba
Mercedes Batule
National Comission on Asthma, Ministry of Public Health, Calixto García University Hospital, Havana, Cuba
Herio Toledo
Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba
Alfredo Triolet
National Comission on Asthma, Ministry of Public Health, Calixto García University Hospital, Havana, Cuba

Abstract

A time series analysis of the daily values of the Wolf number, the daily rate of X-ray bursts of M and X intensity, the daily values of the Ap geomagnetical index and the daily rate of adult patients receiving treatment for asthma crises at the Calixto García Hospital in Havana City from 1987 to 199O shows a change in behavior in the asthma index curve immediately after the occurrence of the first low-level proton events of cycle 22. The simultaneous onset of oscillations of 76 day period in asthma and X-ray indexes further indicates a complex non-linear effect of solar variability on asthmatic patients.

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Del Pozo, E., Gil, G., Valiente, J. F., Batule, M., Toledo, H., & Triolet, A. (2000). Induced effects of solar variability on asthmatic crises in adults. Geofisica Internacional, 39(4), 367–372. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.4.247
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