Comparison of some environmental pollutants on the incidence of digestive tract malignancies mapped in district Blansko (Czechoslovakia).
The basic economic and geographic regionalization and the rate of environmental pollutants in the investigated district were firstly defined. The incidence of digestive tract malignancies in years 1976-1984 was compiled with the aid of a computer, and modelling by isolines a as graphic representation was used. The state of environment is compared with the geographical places of maximal and minimal incidence of the cancer types studied. The combined load of environmental pollution (above all water sources) seems to correlate considerably with high cancer incidence. The study will continue in view of accurate verification of these results.
Augustin
J
J
Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Wotke
R
R
D003604:Czechoslovakia; D003710:Demography; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors