Citation

Chernouss S, Vinogradov A, Vlassova E. Nat. Hazards 2001; 23(2-3): 121-135.

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(Copyright © 2001, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

Geomagnetic storms are a natural hazard to human health in the Auroral Belt of the Circumpolar. Geomagnetic disturbances in space, and the associated short-term variations in the atmosphere and the geophysical environment, provoke a disturbance of nervous and cardiovascular systems in the human body. The Heart Rate Variability (HRV) method provides a momentary response of human organisms to short-term geophysical perturbations related to the Polar Aurora. A pilot project was performed in the Murmansk region in 1997-1999 with a contemporaneous series of records for both HRV in a test group of local inhabitants and the variations of natural geomagnetic fields. A correlation between geomagnetic disturbances and heart rate was calculated and different reactions of people on geophysical impact were shown. The special group of 'Aurora Disturbance Sensitive People' (ADSP) was revealed. An international study, aimed at evaluation of the impact on human health due to exposure of northern populations to the geophysical risk factor (GRF) in the Circumpolar areas located under the Aurora Belt, is needed.

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