ArticleCancer2013
Residence proximity to benzene release sites is associated with increased incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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- Childhood cancer in small geographical areas and proximity to air-polluting industries.Environmental research · 2017Article
- Relations Between Residential Proximity to EPA-Designated Toxic Release Sites and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Incidence.Southern medical journal · 2016Article
- Resolving uncertainty in the spatial relationships between passive benzene exposure and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Cancer epidemiology · 2016Article
- To Each Its Own: Linking the Biology and Epidemiology of NHL Subtypes.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2015Review
- Evaluation of the performance of smoothing functions in generalized additive models for spatial variation in disease.Cancer informatics · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has been observed among individuals with occupational exposure to benzene, but the risk among those living near benzene release sites has not been well described.
methodsTo investigate the spatial patterns of NHL incidence and the association between NHL incidence and distance to benzene release sites, the authors linked and geocoded data on benzene release sites in Georgia from 1988 to 1998 using the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), census tract level population statistics, and NHL incidence from the Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry (GCCR) from 1999 to 2008. Standardized incidence ratios were mapped by census tract, and a Poisson regression was performed on NHL and NHL subtype incidence data using the mean distance between the tract centroids and release sites as markers of exposure. Cluster analyses were conducted at the global, local, and focal levels.
resultsPoisson regression indicated that, for every mile the average distance to benzene release sites increased, there was an expected 0.31% decrease in the risk of NHL. Similar results were observed for all NHL subtypes analyzed. Clusters of NHL were spatially associated with benzene release sites located in metropolitan areas, but not with release sites in other areas of the state.
conclusionsNHL incidence was significantly higher in census tracts that were closer, on average, to benzene release sites. Additional studies are needed to examine spatial patterns of NHL incidence in other geographic regions and interactions between benzene and other exposures.
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