Open AccessPopulation insight of the relationship between lifestyle and cancer: A population-based survey
Author(s) -
Fawaz Alshammari,
Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed,
Dena Alshammari,
Ahmed Alharbi,
Atif Saud Alsaedi,
Abdulbaset Elasbaly
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2019.1.34
Subject(s) - environmental health , smokeless tobacco , population , medicine , cancer , cancer prevention , cancer incidence , demography , incidence (geometry) , gerontology , tobacco use , physics , sociology , optics
There is a substantial rise in the incidence of cancer in Saudi Arabia. Life style models and lack of awareness are the prime suspect in this substantial increase. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to assess the relationship between lifestyle and cancer in a population-based Survey in Northern Saudi Arabia.