A geographically weighted regression approach to investigate air pollution effect on lung cancer: A case study in Portugal

• Published in: Geospatial health Vol. 14; no. 1
• Main Authors: Cardoso, Diogo, Painho, Marco, Roquette, Rita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy PAGEPress Publications 13.05.2019
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - analysis; Emissions; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Monitoring; Female; Geographically weighted regression; Health risk assessment; Humans; Industry - statistics & numerical data; Lung cancer; Lung cancer mortality; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Lung Neoplasms - mortality; Male; Mortality; Particulate Matter - analysis; PM10; Portugal; Portugal - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Spatial Regression; Time Factors; Urbanization; Urbanization - trends; Portugal

The risk of developing lung cancer might to a certain extent be attributed to tobacco. Nevertheless, the role of air pollution, both form urban and industrial sources, needs to be addressed. Numerous studies have concluded that long-term exposure to air pollution is an important environmental risk f...