Residential greenness and risk of prostate cancer: A case-control study in Montreal, Canada

Environment International

Volumn 98, Issue , 2017, Pages 129-136

  Demoury, Claire ^a   Thierry, Benoît ^b   Richard, Hugues ^a   Sigler, Brittany ^a   Kestens, Yan ^b,c   Parent, Marie Elise ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control study; Environment; GIS; Greenness; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; UROLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENT; GREENNESS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PROSTATE CANCERS;

DISEASES;

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREENNESS; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; VEGETATION; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUEBEC; RECREATIONAL PARK; RISK;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; RISK;

EID: 84999040519     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.024     Document Type: Article

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