Cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water
Background. Residents of geothermal areas have increased incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast, prostate, and kidney cancers. The aim was to study whether this is also reflected in cancer mortality among the population using geothermal hot water for space heating, washing, and showering....
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.1625318 2023-05-15T16:52:00+02:00 Cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water Adalbjorg Kristbjornsdottir Vilhjalmur Rafnsson 2015 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1625318 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Cancer_mortality_and_other_causes_of_death_in_users_of_geothermal_hot_water/1625318 unknown Taylor & Francis https://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0284186x.2014.923113 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 CC-BY Cancer Biological Sciences Ecology FOS Biological sciences Earth and Environmental Sciences Biotechnology Medicine Text article-journal Journal contribution ScholarlyArticle 2015 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1625318 https://doi.org/10.3109/0284186x.2014.923113 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Background. Residents of geothermal areas have increased incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast, prostate, and kidney cancers. The aim was to study whether this is also reflected in cancer mortality among the population using geothermal hot water for space heating, washing, and showering. Methods. The follow-up was from 1981 to 2009. Personal identifier of those 5–64 years of age was used in record linkage with nationwide death registry. Thus, vital and emigration status was ascertained. The exposed population was defined as inhabitants of communities with district heating generated from geothermal wells since 1972. Reference populations were inhabitants of other areas with different degrees of volcanic/geothermal activity. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were adjusted for age, gender, education, housing, reproductive factors and smoking habits. Results. Among those using geothermal water, the HR for all causes of death was 0.98 (95% CI 0.91–1.05) as compared with cold reference area. The HR for breast cancer was 1.53 (1.04–2.24), prostate cancer 1.74 (1.21–2.52), kidney cancer 1.78 (1.03–3.07), and for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 2.01 (1.05–3.38). HR for influenza was 3.36 (1.32–8.58) and for suicide 1.49 (1.03–2.17). Conclusion. The significant excess mortality risk of breast and prostate cancers, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma confirmed the results of similarly designed studies in Iceland on cancer incidence among populations from high-temperature geothermal areas and users of geothermal hot water. The risk is not confined to cancers with good prognosis, but also concerns fatal cancers. Further studies are needed on the chemical and physical content of the water and the environment emissions in geothermal areas. Text Iceland DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Background. Residents of geothermal areas have increased incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast, prostate, and kidney cancers. The aim was to study whether this is also reflected in cancer mortality among the population using geothermal hot water for space heating, washing, and showering. Methods. The follow-up was from 1981 to 2009. Personal identifier of those 5–64 years of age was used in record linkage with nationwide death registry. Thus, vital and emigration status was ascertained. The exposed population was defined as inhabitants of communities with district heating generated from geothermal wells since 1972. Reference populations were inhabitants of other areas with different degrees of volcanic/geothermal activity. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were adjusted for age, gender, education, housing, reproductive factors and smoking habits. Results. Among those using geothermal water, the HR for all causes of death was 0.98 (95% CI 0.91–1.05) as compared with cold reference area. The HR for breast cancer was 1.53 (1.04–2.24), prostate cancer 1.74 (1.21–2.52), kidney cancer 1.78 (1.03–3.07), and for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 2.01 (1.05–3.38). HR for influenza was 3.36 (1.32–8.58) and for suicide 1.49 (1.03–2.17). Conclusion. The significant excess mortality risk of breast and prostate cancers, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma confirmed the results of similarly designed studies in Iceland on cancer incidence among populations from high-temperature geothermal areas and users of geothermal hot water. The risk is not confined to cancers with good prognosis, but also concerns fatal cancers. Further studies are needed on the chemical and physical content of the water and the environment emissions in geothermal areas. |
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Cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water |
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Cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water |
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Cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water |
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cancer mortality and other causes of death in users of geothermal hot water |
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