Gastric cancer: an epidemiological review

Matthews, Stephen A.

doi:10.1007/bf01782983

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“…Several authors have speculated that this variability may be influenced by soil or water quality. Matthews (1990) has reviewed the epidemiology of gastric cancer and has discussed the possible role of environmental factors.…”

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Trace elements in the human environment: Problems and risks

Davies

1994

Environ Geochem Health

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Early studies on the possible influences of environmental geochemistry and health were concerned with major diseases such as cancer or multiple sclerosis. They were generally confined to simple comparisons of geochemical and epidemiological maps and corresponding rural areas. Subsequently, studies of dental health produced evidence for the roles of environmental fluoride, selenium, molybdenum and lead in the aetiology of caries. In recent decades lead has been closely studied. Most people in the western world live in urban areas, rather than rural areas, and research on lead has yielded much information on the distribution of the element in streets, parks and gardens of cities and in the home environment. The role of lead in human health has thereby been better understood. Cadmium, selenium and aluminium are good candidates for future study but success will depend on applying appropriate methods of investigation and here the experiences from research on lead are a valuable model to follow.

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Trace elements in the human environment: Problems and risks

Davies

1994

Environ Geochem Health

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The association between heavy metal soil pollution and stomach cancer: a case study in Hangzhou City, China

Fei

Lou

Christakos

et al. 2018

Environ Geochem Health

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Stomach cancer (SC) is a severe health burden, with nearly half of the world's cases found in China. Noticeably, the emissions of heavy metals into the environment have increased alongside rapid urbanization and industrialization in China. However, as regards carcinogenic associations, the relationship between heavy metals and SC is yet unclear. Based on 9378 newly diagnosed SC cases in Hangzhou City from 2009 to 2012, this work is concerned with the quantitative characterization of the spatial distribution pattern of SC incidence and its geographical association with soil heavy metals by means of a novel geographical model. The results show that (a) Cd is one of the severe soil pollutants in Hangzhou; (b) higher SC incidence clusters are in central Hangzhou, whereas lower clusters are found in the northeast and southwest with a male to female incidence ratio about 2.2:1; (c) although when considered separately, the heavy metals in this work do not have a considerable impact on the distribution of SC incidence in Hangzhou City, nevertheless, the joint effects of multiple heavy metals have significant impacts on SC risk. The present work calls for a rigorous quantitative assessment of the integrated heavy metal soil pollution and its effects on SC incidence.

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Gastric cancer: an epidemiological review

Cited by 2 publications

References 90 publications

Trace elements in the human environment: Problems and risks

Trace elements in the human environment: Problems and risks

The association between heavy metal soil pollution and stomach cancer: a case study in Hangzhou City, China

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