Risk of Cancer Mortality in Spanish Towns Lying in the Vicinity of Pollutant Industries
Joint Authors
Ramis, Rebeca
Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo
Garcia-Perez, Javier
Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo
Boldo, Elena
Gomez-Barroso, Diana
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Spatial aggregation of different industrial facilities leads to simultaneous release of pollutant emissions.
Our objective is to study cancer mortality risk associated with residence in the vicinity of pollutant factories.
We used data on industries for year 2007 (3458 facilities).
For the 8,098 Spanish towns, we defined a factor with 4 levels based on the number of factories in a radius of 2.5 km from the centroid of each town (industrial factor).
We also used data of land cover use to approximate the percentage of municipal land used for industrial activities in each Spanish town (land-used variable).
For both variables we fitted Poisson models with random terms to account for spatial variation.
We estimated risk trends related with increasing number of factories or percentage of land used for industrial activities.
We studied 33 cancer causes.
For the industrial factor, 11 causes showed trend associated with increasing factor level.
For the land use variable, 8 causes showed statistically significant risks.
Almost all tumours related to the digestive system and the respiratory system showed increased risks.
Thus mortality by these tumours could be associated to residence in towns nearby industrial areas with positive trend linked to increasing levels of industrial activity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ramis, Rebeca& Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo& Garcia-Perez, Javier& Boldo, Elena& Gomez-Barroso, Diana& Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo. 2012. Risk of Cancer Mortality in Spanish Towns Lying in the Vicinity of Pollutant Industries. ISRN Oncology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ramis, Rebeca…[et al.]. Risk of Cancer Mortality in Spanish Towns Lying in the Vicinity of Pollutant Industries. ISRN Oncology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ramis, Rebeca& Fernandez-Navarro, Pablo& Garcia-Perez, Javier& Boldo, Elena& Gomez-Barroso, Diana& Lopez-Abente, Gonzalo. Risk of Cancer Mortality in Spanish Towns Lying in the Vicinity of Pollutant Industries. ISRN Oncology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-485210
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-485210