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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Childhood Leukemia in Small Geographical Areas and Proximity to Industrial Sources of Air Pollutants in Three Colombian Cities.

Laura Andrea Rodriguez-Villamizar, Feisar Enrique Moreno-Corzo, Ana María Valbuena-Garcia, Claudia Janeth Uribe Pérez, Mary Ruth Brome Bohórquez, Héctor Iván García García, Luis Eduardo Bravo, Rafael Gustavo Ortiz Martínez, Jürg Niederbacher Velásquez, Alvaro R Osornio-Vargas

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Laura Andrea Rodriguez-VillamizarDepartment of Public Health, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-5551-2586
Feisar Enrique Moreno-CorzoPublic Health Observatory of Santander, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander, Floridablanca 681003, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-5007-3422
Ana María Valbuena-GarciaDepartment of Public Health, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-3668-311X
Claudia Janeth Uribe PérezPopulation Based Cancer Registry of the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga 681003, Colombia.
Mary Ruth Brome BohórquezPopulation Based Cancer Registry of Antioquia, Gobernación de Antioquia, Medellín 050015, Colombia.
Héctor Iván García GarcíaCancer Institute Las Américas, Medellín 050022, Colombia.
Luis Eduardo BravoPopulation Based Cancer Registry of Cali, Universidad del Valle, Cali 760043, Colombia.
Rafael Gustavo Ortiz MartínezPublic Health Observatory of Santander, Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander, Floridablanca 681003, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-8401-4834
Jürg Niederbacher VelásquezDepartment of Pediatrics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 68002, Colombia.
Alvaro R Osornio-VargasDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8287-7102

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Colombian Ministry of Science and Technology MINCIENCIAS 759-2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute leukemia is the most common childhood cancer and has been associated with exposure to environmental carcinogens. This study aimed to identify clusters of acute childhood leukemia (ACL) cases and analyze their relationship with proximity to industrial sources of air pollution in three capital cities in Colombia during 2000-2015. Incident ACL cases were obtained from the population cancer registries for the cities of Bucaramanga, Cali, and Medellín. The inventory of industrial sources of emissions to the air was obtained from the regional environmental authorities and industrial conglomerates were identified. The Kulldorf's circular scan test was used to detect city clusters and to identify clusters around industrial conglomerates. Multivariable spatial modeling assessed the effect of distance and direction from the industrial conglomerates controlling for socioeconomic status. We identified industrials sectors within a buffer of 1 km around industrial conglomerates related to the ACL clusters. Incidence rates showed geographical heterogeneity with low spatial autocorrelation within cities. The spatio-temporal tests identified one cluster in each city. The industries located within 1 km around the ACL clusters identified in the three cities represent different sectors. Exposure to air pollution from industrial sources might be contributing to the incidence of ACL cases in urban settings in Colombia.

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Environmental MonitoringAir PollutantsAir PollutionChildCitiesColombiaFemaleHumansLeukemiaMaleParticulate MatterResidence CharacteristicsSmall-Area AnalysisAir PollutantsParticulate Matterair pollutionchildhoodcluster analysisColombiaindustrial pollutionleukemia

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PMID33137878
PMCPMC7662935

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