Geography of non-melanoma skin cancer and ecological associations with environmental risk factors in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigates the geography of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in England, and ecological associations with three widespread environmental hazards: radon, arsenic and ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

Methods

Age-/sex-standardised registration rates of NMSC were mapped for local authority (LA) areas (n=326), along with geographical data on bright sunshine, household radon and arsenic. Associations between NMSC and environmental variables, adjusted for socio-economic confounders, were investigated.

Results

There was a substantial geographical variation in NMSC rates across English local authorities and between cancer registration regions. Forty percent of variance in rates was at registry region level and 60% at LA level. No association was obser

SUBMITTER: Wheeler BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3708564 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature