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Impact of the environment on cancer: Seeing the forest for the trees
Author(s) -
Gomez Scarlett Lin,
ShariffMarco Salma,
Cheng Iona,
Reynolds Peggy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30711
Subject(s) - geospatial analysis , resource (disambiguation) , medicine , cancer , cancer incidence , disease , environmental health , environmental resource management , key (lock) , environmental planning , data science , geography , computer science , cartography , pathology , environmental science , computer network , computer security
The study by Jagai et al. is a valuable resource for researchers to focus on better understanding associations between environmental quality and cancer incidence, as well as for policy makers to target specific regions and environmental factors within those regions to reduce the burden of cancer in the United States. This study also demonstrates the value of environmental geospatial data, a key tool that provides the empirical scientific evidence base to allow scientists to identify disease‐contributing factors and identify vulnerable communities. See also pages 2901‐8.