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Improving exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology: Application of spatio-temporal visualization tools

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  • Jaymie R. Meliker
  • Melissa J. Slotnick
  • Gillian A. AvRuskin
  • Andrew Kaufmann
  • Geoffrey M. Jacquez
  • Jerome O. Nriagu

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A thorough assessment of human exposure to environmental agents should incorporate mobility patterns and temporal changes in human behaviors and concentrations of contaminants; yet the temporal dimension is often under-emphasized in exposure assessment endeavors, due in part to insufficient tools for visualizing and examining temporal datasets. Spatio-temporal visualization tools are valuable for integrating a temporal component, thus allowing for examination of continuous exposure histories in environmental epidemiologic investigations. An application of these tools to a bladder cancer case-control study in Michigan illustrates continuous exposure life-lines and maps that display smooth, continuous changes over time. Preliminary results suggest increased risk of bladder cancer from combined exposure to arsenic in drinking water (>25 μg/day) and heavy smoking (>30 cigarettes/day) in the 1970s and 1980s, and a possible cancer cluster around automotive, paint, and organic chemical industries in the early 1970s. These tools have broad application for examining spatially- and temporally-specific relationships between exposures to environmental risk factors and disease. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005

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  • Jaymie R. Meliker & Melissa J. Slotnick & Gillian A. AvRuskin & Andrew Kaufmann & Geoffrey M. Jacquez & Jerome O. Nriagu, 2005. "Improving exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology: Application of spatio-temporal visualization tools," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 49-66, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jgeosy:v:7:y:2005:i:1:p:49-66
    DOI: 10.1007/s10109-005-0149-4
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    1. Sedick Baker Effendi & Brink van der Merwe & Wolf-Tilo Balke, 2020. "Suitability of Graph Database Technology for the Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-31, April.
    2. José-María Montero & Coro Chasco & Beatriz Larraz, 2010. "Building an environmental quality index for a big city: a spatial interpolation approach combined with a distance indicator," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 12(4), pages 435-459, December.

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    GIS; exposure; Epidemiology; Arsenic; STIS;
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