Heart attacks and geomagnetic activity.
Malin and Srivastava reported a remarkable correlation between daily variations in the geomagnetic field strength and daily admissions to the cardio-thoracic wards of hospitals in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, for cardiac emergencies, during 1967--72. We have now carried out a similar enquiry in the West Midlands region of the UK for the years 1969--70, but were unable to confirm the Indian results.
D004739:England; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*