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Published: 2015-07-09

Geographical Distribution of Childhood Acute Leukaemia in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Mexico and Its Correlation with the Wireless and High Voltage Network

Mijail Suarez Arredondo,

Mijail Suarez Arredondo

UMAE Hospital de Pediatria CMNO, IMSS, Mexico

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Carlos Ruiz Chavez,

Carlos Ruiz Chavez

University of Guadalajara, Mexico

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Roberto Garibaldi-Covarrubias,

Roberto Garibaldi-Covarrubias

UMAE Hospital de Pediatria CMNO, IMSS, Mexico

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Jesus Arriaga-Davila,

Jesus Arriaga-Davila

UMAE Hospital de Pediatria CMNO, IMSS, Mexico

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Hugo Romo-Rubio,

Hugo Romo-Rubio

UMAE Hospital de Pediatria CMNO, IMSS, Mexico

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Soto-Sumuano Jesus Leonardo,

Soto-Sumuano Jesus Leonardo

University of Guadalajara, Mexico

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Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra

UMAE Hospital de Pediatria CMNO, IMSS, Mexico

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Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9，Page(s)1245-1249

Abstract

This first study conducted by the University of Guadalajara, the Pediatric National Social Security Medical Center, the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara and the General Hospital of Guadalajara, shows the geographical and temporal distribution of 269 cases of children suffering from leukaemia in 6 municipalities in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara (2014). In Mex- ico, geographical information systems (GIS) have been rarely implemented to monitor spatial assessments of leukaemia. We present an analysis of the spatial distribution of acute leukaemia among children from 0 to 16 years of age in the metropolitan zone of Guadalajara, Mexico using individual case hospital data from the three main hospital facilities treating this population. Methods: Using the approach of spatial epidemiology DBSCAN and 1-dist, cases of leukaemia obtained from the databases of hospitals resulted in “clusters” or groups of cases/100,000 inhab- itants. Cancer cases were grouped according to an internationally recognized morphology. Results: The results show the occurrence of 94 cases of leukaemia along the deployment path of high voltage electricity, or 36% of all reported cases are located less than 100 meters in distance from a distribution line and other results shows 24 cases/100,000 inhabitants for leukaemia (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia) LLA and 4.4 cases/100,000 inhabitants for leukaemia AML (acute myeloid leukaemia). These resulting measurements exceed international norms. The values are usually 3–5 cases/100,000 for LLA and 0.8 cases/100,000 for AML.

Citation

Mijail Suarez Arredondo, Carlos Ruiz Chavez, Roberto Garibaldi-Covarrubias, Jesus Arriaga-Davila, Hugo Romo-Rubio, Soto-Sumuano Jesus Leonardo, and Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra, "Geographical Distribution of Childhood Acute Leukaemia in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Mexico and Its Correlation with the Wireless and High Voltage Network," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9，Page(s)1245-1249

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