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Title: | Thyroid Cancer Incidence around the Belgian Nuclear Sites, 2000-2014 | Authors: | Demoury, Claire De Smedt, Tom De Schutter, Harlinde Sonck, Michel Van Damme, Nancy BOLLAERTS, Kaatje MOLENBERGHS, Geert Van Bladel, Lodewijk Van Nieuwenhuyse, An |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | MDPI AG | Source: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 14(9), p. 1-12 (Art N° 988) | Abstract: | The present study investigates whether there is an excess incidence of thyroid cancer among people living in the vicinity of the nuclear sites in Belgium. Adjusted Rate Ratios were obtained from Poisson regressions for proximity areas of varying sizes. In addition, focused hypothesis tests and generalized additive models were performed to test the hypothesis of a gradient in thyroid cancer incidence with increasing levels of surrogate exposures. Residential proximity to the nuclear site, prevailing dominant winds frequency from the site, and simulated radioactive discharges were used as surrogate exposures. No excess incidence of thyroid cancer was observed around the nuclear power plants of Doel or Tihange. In contrast, increases in thyroid cancer incidence were found around the nuclear sites of Mol-Dessel and Fleurus; risk ratios were borderline not significant. For Mol-Dessel, there was evidence for a gradient in thyroid cancer incidence with increased proximity, prevailing winds, and simulated radioactive discharges. For Fleurus, a gradient was observed with increasing prevailing winds and, to a lesser extent, with increasing simulated radioactive discharges. This study strengthens earlier findings and suggests increased incidences in thyroid cancer around two of the four Belgian nuclear sites. Further analyses will be performed at a more detailed geographical level. | Notes: | [Demoury, Claire; De Smedt, Tom; Bollaerts, Kaatje; Van Nieuwenhuyse, An] Sci Inst Publ Hlth WIV ISP, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. [De Schutter, Harlinde; Van Damme, Nancy] Belgian Canc Registry, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium. [Sonck, Michel; Van Bladel, Lodewijk] Fed Agcy Nucl Control, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. [Sonck, Michel] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Elect & Informat, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. [Molenberghs, Geert] Univ Hasselt, Interuniv Inst Biostat & Stat Bioinformat I Biost, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. [Molenberghs, Geert] Katholieke Univ Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. [Van Nieuwenhuyse, An] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Sect Environm & Hlth, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. | Keywords: | thyroid cancer; incidence; nuclear sites; ecological study;thyroid cancer; incidence; nuclear sites; ecological study | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/25084 | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | e-ISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph14090988 | ISI #: | 000411574400040 | Rights: | © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2018 |
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