Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption
Males are born slightly in excess of females. This ratio is conventionally expressed as M/T (male/total births) and varies seasonally. Many factors influence M/T including violent natural events, such as earthquakes, severe smog and floods. Volcanic eruptions are natural disasters that threaten heal...
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ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/25636 2023-05-15T16:46:32+02:00 Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption Grech, Victor E. Borg, Tania 2016 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25636 https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.13507 en eng Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Grech, V. E., & Borg, T. (2016). Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption. Acta Paediatrica, 105(11), 1369-1370. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25636 doi:10.1111/apa.13507 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Sex ratio -- Iceland Childbirth -- Statistics article 2016 ftunivmalta https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.13507 2021-10-16T17:53:29Z Males are born slightly in excess of females. This ratio is conventionally expressed as M/T (male/total births) and varies seasonally. Many factors influence M/T including violent natural events, such as earthquakes, severe smog and floods. Volcanic eruptions are natural disasters that threaten health, livestock and property. During eruptions, local populations may require evacuation, naturally inducing stress. Nordic data show an increase followed by a decrease in M/T in the 20th century. The April 2010 eruption of Iceland’s volcano Eyjafjallajokull was particularly violent, with fine-grained ash ejected up to 10 km into the atmosphere, disturbing air traffic all over Europe. This resulted in unprecedented disruptions to European air traffic during the 15th–20th of April 2010, costing the aviation industry an estimated $250 million daily. This study was carried out to ascertain whether M/T in Iceland exhibits a seasonal pattern, and whether the Eyjafjallajokull eruption resulted in any significant fluctuations in M/T three to five months after the event. peer-reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Malta: OAR@UM Eyjafjallajokull ENVELOPE(-19.633,-19.633,63.631,63.631) Acta Paediatrica 105 11 1369 1370 |
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Males are born slightly in excess of females. This ratio is conventionally expressed as M/T (male/total births) and varies seasonally. Many factors influence M/T including violent natural events, such as earthquakes, severe smog and floods. Volcanic eruptions are natural disasters that threaten health, livestock and property. During eruptions, local populations may require evacuation, naturally inducing stress. Nordic data show an increase followed by a decrease in M/T in the 20th century. The April 2010 eruption of Iceland’s volcano Eyjafjallajokull was particularly violent, with fine-grained ash ejected up to 10 km into the atmosphere, disturbing air traffic all over Europe. This resulted in unprecedented disruptions to European air traffic during the 15th–20th of April 2010, costing the aviation industry an estimated $250 million daily. This study was carried out to ascertain whether M/T in Iceland exhibits a seasonal pattern, and whether the Eyjafjallajokull eruption resulted in any significant fluctuations in M/T three to five months after the event. peer-reviewed |
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Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption |
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Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption |
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Grech, V. E., & Borg, T. (2016). Seasonality of sex ratio at births in Iceland and effects of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption. Acta Paediatrica, 105(11), 1369-1370. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/25636 doi:10.1111/apa.13507 |
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