Environmental Factors in an Ontario Community with Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Incidence | Zendy

Jeavana Sritharan | Zendy; Rishikesan Kamaleswaran | Zendy; Ken McFarlan | Zendy; Ma Lemonde | Zendy; Clemon George | Zendy; Otto Sánchez | Zendy

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Environmental Factors in an Ontario Community with Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Incidence

Author(s) -

Jeavana Sritharan,

Rishikesan Kamaleswaran,

Ken McFarlan,

Ma Lemonde,

Clemon George,

Otto Sánchez

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

global journal of health science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-9744

pISSN - 1916-9736

DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v6n3p175

Subject(s) - environmental health , incidence (geometry) , colorectal cancer , psychological intervention , medicine , pesticide , alcohol consumption , cancer , alcohol , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , psychiatry , optics , biology

In Ontario, there are significant geographical disparities in colorectal cancer incidence. In particular, the northern region of Timiskaming has the highest incidence of colorectal cancer in Ontario while the southern region of Peel displays the lowest. We aimed to identify non-nutritional modifiable environmental factors in Timiskaming that may be associated with its diverging colorectal cancer incidence rates when compared to Peel.

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