A geographical analysis of breast cancer clustering in southern Ontario: Generating hypotheses on environmental influences

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-248

  Luginaah, Isaac N ^a   Gorey, Kevin M ^b   Oiamo, Tor H ^a   Tang, Kathy X ^a   Holowaty, Eric J ^c   Hamm, Caroline ^d   Wright, Frances C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Environmental pollution; Southern Ontario; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

CANCER; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PESTICIDE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84862235879     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.634386     Document Type: Article

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