| Content Provider | Springer Nature : BioMed Central |
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| Author | Vieira, Verónica Webster, Thomas Weinberg, Janice Aschengrau, Ann |
| Abstract | Background In 1988, elevated cancer incidence in upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts prompted a large epidemiological study of nine cancers to investigate possible environmental risk factors. Positive associations were observed, but explained only a portion of the excess cancer incidence. This case-control study provided detailed information on individual-level covariates and residential history that can be spatially analyzed using generalized additive models (GAMs) and geographical information systems (GIS). Methods We investigated the association between residence and bladder, kidney, and pancreatic cancer on upper Cape Cod. We estimated adjusted odds ratios using GAMs, smoothing on location. A 40-year residential history allowed for latency restrictions. We mapped spatially continuous odds ratios using GIS and identified statistically significant clusters using permutation tests. Results Maps of bladder cancer are essentially flat ignoring latency, but show a statistically significant hot spot near known Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) groundwater plumes when 15 years latency is assumed. The kidney cancer map shows significantly increased ORs in the south of the study area and decreased ORs in the north. Conclusion Spatial epidemiology using individual level data from population-based studies addresses many methodological criticisms of cluster studies and generates new exposure hypotheses. Our results provide evidence for spatial clustering of bladder cancer near MMR plumes that suggest further investigation using detailed exposure modeling. |
| Related Links | https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1476-069X-8-3.pdf |
| Ending Page | 13 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1186/1476-069X-8-3 |
| Journal | Environmental Health |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BioMed Central |
| Publisher Date | 2009-02-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Occupational Medicine Industrial Medicine Public Health Environmental Health Pancreatic Cancer Bladder Cancer Geographical Information System Kidney Cancer Generalize Additive Model Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
| Journal Impact Factor | 5.4/2023 |
| 5-Year Journal Impact Factor | 6.7/2023 |
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