Spatial variation of the incidence of cancerous diseases in Al-Najaf Governorate for the period (2005-2011)

Abstract

The study showed that cancerous disease is a very serious health problem that was the product of the environment in both its natural and human branches to a large extent, especially the impact of the environmental pollution factor, which played an effective role in the emergence of the disease and the high incidence of it, especially after the years of wars that swept in Iraq since 1991 and the radioactive remnants of the last war of 2003, as the province of Najaf witnessed a dramatic increase in the percentage of people with cancerous diseases in Iraq in general and the study area in particular because it had radioactive pollutants that had a negative impact On the environment of the region with all its natural components (air, water, and soil)