Residential mobility and breast cancer in Marin County, California, USA

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Geoffrey M JacquezJawaid Rasul

Abstract

Marin County (California, USA) has among the highest incidences of breast cancer in the U.S. A previously conducted case-control study found eight significant risk factors in participants enrolled from 1997-1999. These included being premenopausal, never using birth control pills, lower highest lifetime body mass index, having four or more mammograms from 1990-1994, beginning drinking alcohol after age 21, drinking an average two or more alcoholic drinks per day, being in the highest quartile of pack-years of cigarette smoking, and being raised in an organized religion. Previously conducted surveys provided residential histories; while statistic accounted for participants' residential mobility, and assessed clustering of breast cancer cases relative to controls based on the known risk factors. These identified specific cases, places, and times of excess breast cancer risk. Analysis found significant global clustering of cases localized to specific residential histories and times. Much of the observed clustering occurred among participants who immigrated to Marin County. However, persistent case-clustering of greater than fifteen years duration was also detected. Significant case-clustering among long-term residents may indicate...Continue Reading

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Nov 19, 2010·American Journal of Epidemiology·Geoffrey M JacquezJerome Nriagu

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Sep 5, 2015·Annals of the Association of American Geographers·Geoffrey M JacquezChen Shi

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