Study on Association between Spatial Distribution of Metal Mines and Disease Mortality: A Case Study in Suxian District, South China

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	Study on Association between Spatial Distribution of Metal Mines and Disease Mortality: A Case Study in Suxian District, South China
	Jiang D.; Wang Y.; Zhuang D. F.; Huang Y. H.
	2013
关键词	metal mining area heavy metal land use mortality guangdong province mining activities cadmium exposure cancer-mortality risk-assessment chenzhou-city sulfide mine heavy-metals contamination population
英文摘要	Metal mines release toxic substances into the environment and can therefore negatively impact the health of residents in nearby regions. This paper sought to investigate whether there was excess disease mortality in populations in the vicinity of the mining area in Suxian District, South China. The spatial distribution of metal mining and related activities from 1985 to 2012, which was derived from remote sensing imagery, was overlapped with disease mortality data. Three hotspot areas with high disease mortality were identified around the Shizhuyuan mine sites, i.e., the Dengjiatang metal smelting sites, and the Xianxichong mine sites. Disease mortality decreased with the distance to the mining and smelting areas. Population exposure to pollution was estimated on the basis of distance from town of residence to pollution source. The risk of dying according to disease mortality rates was analyzed within 7-25 km buffers. The results suggested that there was a close relationship between the risk of disease mortality and proximity to the Suxian District mining industries. These associations were dependent on the type and scale of mining activities, the area influenced by mining and so on.
出处	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
卷	10
期	10
页	5163-5177
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
ISSN号	1660-4601
内容类型	SCI/SSCI论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30267]
专题	资源利用与环境修复重点实验室_资源地理与国土资源研究室_SCI/SSCI期刊论文中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiang D.,Wang Y.,Zhuang D. F.,et al. Study on Association between Spatial Distribution of Metal Mines and Disease Mortality: A Case Study in Suxian District, South China. 2013.