Exploring Environmental Health Risk Factors Associated with Cancer Incidence in New York State

Health Analytics
Written By Alexis Avedisian

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Team Information

Team Members

  • Haokun Yuan, Staff Associate, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

  • Faculty Advisor: Wan Yang, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

Abstract

The study explored the association between cancer incidence rate and environmental health risk factors in NYS using multivariate analysis. We found some components of air pollution and drinking water pollution are particularly positively associated with cancer incidence, and young women with unhealthy lifestyles have a higher cancer incidence rate.

Team Lead Contact

Haokun Yuan: hy2580@cumc.columbia.edu

Alexis Avedisian
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