Spatial epidemiology of cancer: a review of data sources, methods and risk factors

R Roquette, M Painho, B Nunes - Geospatial health, 2017 - geospatialhealth.net
Cancer is a major concern among chronic diseases today. Spatial epidemiology plays a
relevant role in this matter and we present here a review of this subject, including a …

Economics of pediatric cancer in four Eastern Mediterranean countries: a comparative assessment

A Gheorghe, K Chalkidou, O Shamieh, T Kutluk… - JCO global …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Cancer is a leading cause of death among children in the Eastern Mediterranean
region, where conflict and economic downturn place additional burden on the health sector …

[HTML][HTML] Assistência ao câncer entre crianças e adolescentes: mapeamento dos fluxos origem-destino no Brasil

MF Grabois, EXG de Oliveira… - Revista de Saúde …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
OBJETIVO: Analisar os fluxos de viagens de crianças e adolescentes com câncer, entre os
locais de residência e serviço de saúde. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados os fluxos de viagens …

A strong spatial association between e‐waste burn sites and childhood lymphoma in the West Bank, Palestine

JM Davis, Y Garb - International Journal of Cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A paper in the International Journal of Cancer analyzed Palestinian cancer registry data in
the West Bank from 1998 to 2007, showing a cluster of elevated cancer incidence in rural …

Epidemiology of malignant and non-malignant primary brain tumors in Jordan

AF Tamimi, I Tamimi, M Abdelaziz, Q Saleh… - …, 2015 - karger.com
Background: There is lack of knowledge on the epidemiological characteristics of brain
tumors in Middle Eastern countries. The objective of this study was to study the …

Cancer mortality in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory

NME Abu-Rmeileh, EAL Gianicolo, A Bruni, S Mitwali… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background The burden of cancer is difficult to study in the context of the occupied
Palestinian territory because of the limited data available. This study aims to evaluate the …

Cluster analysis and predictive modeling of urban water distribution system leaks with socioeconomic and engineering factors

Q Shuang, RT Zhao, E Porse - Water Resources Management, 2024 - Springer
Water distribution network (WDN) failures can disrupt operations and cause economic
damage. Although leakage has been widely discussed, few studies have integrated spatial …

The burden of acute lymphoid leukemia among adolescents and young adults in the Western Pacific Region: evidence from Global Burden Disease 2019

F Yang, B Zhang, P Lodder, J Guo - Cancer Causes & Control, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a type of blood cancer that affects white
blood cells. Here, we use data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk …

Geostatistical analysis of the relationship between heavy metals in drinking water and cancer incidence in residential areas in the Black Sea region of Turkey

EH Colak, T Yomralioglu, R Nisanci, V Yildirim… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - JSTOR
In the study described in this article, the authors examined the relationship between heavy
metals in the drinking water and cancer densities in residential areas. The Turkish cities of …

Toward active community environmental policing: potentials and limits of a catalytic model

JM Davis, Y Garb - Environmental management, 2020 - Springer
This paper offers a field tested community environmental policing model to address the
pressing environmental management challenges of reducing e-waste burning in informal e …