NO2 and cancer incidence in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5844-5862

  Al Ahmadi, Khalid ^a   Al Zahrani, Ali ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Geographic information system; Geographically weighted regression; Ordinary least square; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; GIS; HEALTH RISK; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

SAUDI ARABIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84887343270     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10115844     Document Type: Article

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