Assessing and mapping spatial associations among oral cancer mortality rates, concentrations of heavy metals in soil, and land use types based on multiple scale data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2148-2168

  Lin, Wei Chih ^a   Lin, Yu Pin ^a   Wang, Yung Chieh ^a   Chang, Tsun Kuo ^a   Chiang, Li Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Kriging; Land use; Oral cancer; P field simulation; Spatial correlation; Spatial deconvolution

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CANCER; CORRELATION; DECONVOLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; KRIGING; LAND USE; MAPPING; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN AREA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

TAIWAN;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84894279523     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110202148     Document Type: Article

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