Relationship between solar activity and myocardial infarctions in Mexico City

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Published: Jan 1, 2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.1.296
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Sun-Earth relationships, solar activity, health, myocardial infarctions

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Blanca Mendoza
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, México
Rosa Díaz-Sandoval
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, México

Abstract

Daily incidence of 2290 myocardial infarctions in Mexico City at the National Institute of Cardiology from 1992-1996 shows that the most prominent periodicity in the infarction rate is seven days. A tendency is noticed for a higher average infarction rate, by a factor of 1.13, in days of Forbush decreases, compared with the average occurrence in days without Forbush decreases.

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Mendoza, B., & Díaz-Sandoval, R. (2000). Relationship between solar activity and myocardial infarctions in Mexico City. Geofisica Internacional, 39(1), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.1.296
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