Detailed health and environment atlas is launched

Posted by Shelley Brooks on May 3, 2014 in Home Page | 0 comments

Researchers have launched a detailed atlas with environment and health maps at a fine scale across England and Wales.                    

Produced by the UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), part of the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health based at Imperial College London, the open-access atlas allows researchers, policy makers and members of the public to study the geographical pattern of 14 diseases and conditions such as lung cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, leukaemia and low birth weight. Alongside this it provides maps of geographical variations of selected environmental agents such as air pollution, sunshine and pesticides.

view the  online version of the atlas,