The spatial Analysis of Spread of Cancer in Basra Governorate - A Study in Medical Geography - | ||
| Al-Ma'mon College Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 23, July 2018, Pages 38-67 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ghalib Nasir Al-Saadoun; Zahra Abbas Fadhel | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aims to highlight the role of factors of geographical environment in the of disease incidence of cancer in the province of Basra. This study revealed the relationship between the pathogenesis of cancer of the bladder and urinary tract in areas infested with the disease schistosomiasis, which has been associated is the other the existence of swamps and streams infested with the endemic disease. It also revealed the relationship between regions of the spread of lung cancer and between the urban crowded environment and industrial concentration in major cities. It explained the relationship between breast cancer and the nature of the work of women in the major urban centers. These types of cancers have arisen and other types, more and faster spread, such as cancer, lymphoma and leukemia by a very strong relationship with hostile bombing in 1991 perpetrated by the United States of America with the use of internationally banned weapons and afterwards and effect of direct and indirect long term effects that appeared during the early nineties. | ||
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