Spatial interaction between breast cancer and environmental pollution in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area

This research examines the spatial structure of a sample of breast cancer (BC) cases and their spatial interaction with contaminated areas in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA). By applying spatial statistical techniques that treat the space as a continuum, degrees of spatial concentration were d...

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Autores principales: Gasca-Sanchez, Francisco Manuel, Santuario-Facio, Sandra Karina, Ortiz-López, Rocío, Rojas-Martinez, Augusto, Mejía-Velázquez, Gerardo Manuel, Garza-Perez, Erick Meinardo, Hernández-Hernández, José Ascención, López-Sánchez, Rosa del Carmen, Cardona-Huerta, Servando, Santos-Guzman, Jesús
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07915
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Sumario:This research examines the spatial structure of a sample of breast cancer (BC) cases and their spatial interaction with contaminated areas in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA). By applying spatial statistical techniques that treat the space as a continuum, degrees of spatial concentration were determined for the different study groups, highlighting their concentration pattern. The results indicate that 65 percent of the BC sample had exposure to more than 56 points of PM(10). Likewise, spatial clusters of BC cases of up to 39 cases were identified within a radius of 3.5 km, interacting spatially with environmental contamination sources, particularly with refineries, food processing plants, cement, and metals. This study can serve as a platform for other clinical research by identifying geographic clusters that can help focus health policy efforts.

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