TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial interaction between breast cancer and environmental pollution in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area
AU - Gasca-Sanchez, Francisco Manuel
AU - Santuario-Facio, Sandra Karina
AU - Ortiz-Lopez, Rocío
AU - Rojas-Martinez, Augusto
AU - Mejía-Velazquez, Gerardo Manuel
AU - Garza-Perez, Erick Meinardo
AU - Hernandez-Hernandez, Jose Ascencion
AU - Lopez-Sanchez, Rosa del Carmen
AU - Cardona-Huerta, Servando
AU - Santos-Guzman, Jesús
N1 - Funding Information:
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - 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 PM10. 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
AB - 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 PM10. 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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U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07915
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07915
M3 - Article
C2 - 34584999
AN - SCOPUS:85120848152
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 7
SP - e07915
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 9
M1 - e07915
ER -
