Format:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 145 p. 129 illus. in color, online resource)
ISBN:
9789401786195
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
This atlas shows the relationship between water pollution and cancer in the Huai River Basin in China over the last 30 years. Drawing on a five-year study conducted by the China Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Professor Gonghuan Yang Dafang Zhuang present a spatial and longitudinal analysis of regular pollution monitoring and disease surveillance data. A review of variation in trends in the causes of death in the Huai River Basin over the past 30 years shows that precisely those areas which were the most seriously polluted for the longest time were the areas with the highest increase in digestive cancer deaths several times that of the national average increase for the respective cancers. Spatial analysis shows a high level of correspondence between the seriously polluted areas and areas with high mortality from cancer, the most important finding in the atlas.Dr. Gonghuan Yang is a Professor at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. She serves as Director of the Center of NCD BRFS of the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China. She is an expert on Public Health and an epidemiologist focusing on chronic non-communicable diseases.Dr. Dafang Zhuang is a Professor at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He is an expert of geographical information system and its application in correlating public health with environmental changes.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Preface; Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; 1: Research on the Correlation between Cancer and the Huai River Water Environment; Introduction; Natural Geography of the Huai River Basin; Socio-economic Status of the Huai River Basin; Environmental Pollution in the Huai River Basin; Methodology; Analysis of Surface Water Quality in the Huai River Basin; Data Sources; Standards for Water Quality Classification; Water Systems and Regions in the Huai River Basin; Comparison of Water Quality Grades and Their Proportions; Frequency of Water Pollution; Spatialization of FWP
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Distribution and Comparative Analysis of Mortality from Cancers in the Huai River BasinPopulation; Data Sources for Cancer Mortality; Disease Classification; Analysis of Indicators; Main Findings; Variation in the Water Environment of the Huai River Basin; The Main Stream of the Huai River; Tributaries; Primary Tributary; Second Tributary; Beijing-Hangzhou Canal; Yishusi Water System; Lakes; Spatiotemporal Variation of Water Environment in Huai River Basin; Variation in Mortality from Digestive Cancers in the Huai River Basin; Conclusion; Appendix; Tables; References; 2: Parent Maps
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3: Variation in the Main Stream Water Environment4: Variation in the Water Environment of the Tributaries; 5: Variation in the Water Environment of Lakes; 6: Spatiotemporal Variation in the Frequency of Water Pollution; 7: Age-Standardized Mortality Rate of Digestive Cancer; Glossary; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789401786188
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-940-178-618-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-8619-5
