@article{ref1,
title="Sunspots and hip fractures",
journal="Chronobiologia",
year="1991",
author="Caniggia, M. and Scala, C.",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="1-8",
abstract="In this paper a remarkable statistical link between sunspot cycles and prevalence of hip fractures in the elderly is shown. Hip fractures in old people are due to: 1. increased bone fragility for metabolic bone disease; 2. increased propension to fall. Though it is obvious that a correlation does not imply any causal relationship, reasonable conjectures can be allowed. The hypothesis of an 11-year cyclic variation of ultraviolet radiation as a cause of hip fractures is untenable; one may better assume that solar flares can negatively influence the nervous postural regulation leading to a greater propensity to accidental falls.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0390-0037",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}