Open AccessPlumb as a cause of kidney cancer (case study: Iran from 2008-2010)
Author(s) -
Hamid Mazdak,
Maasoumeh Rashidi,
Moien Zohary
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of research in medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.568
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1735-7136
pISSN - 1735-1995
DOI - 10.4103/1735-1995.172787
Subject(s) - kidney cancer , moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer , medicine , cancer , environmental health , distribution (mathematics) , physical geography , remote sensing , cartography , satellite , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering
The main threats to human health from heavy metals are associated with exposure to plumb (Pb), cadmium, mercury, and arsenic. Some hazards that threat human health are the results of environmental factors and the relevant pollutions. Some important categories of diseases including (cancers) have considerable differences in various places, as observed in their spatial prevalence and distribution maps. The present study sets out to investigate the correlation between kidney cancer and the concentration of Pb in Iran.