Date of Award
1-1-2021
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Department
School of Public Health
First Advisor
Yong Zhu
Abstract
Introduction and BackgroundThere are increasing concerns about the effects of artificial lights on human health, including hormone-related disease and immune functions. In January 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted everyone’s life, and people who infected have various severity. Thus, we want to analyze whether people exposed to different ambient light at night (LAN) levels make them more susceptible to COVID-19 for our summer research. Besides the effects of LAN on immune functions, we also discussed the association of LAN and multiple cancers in seven states of Northeastern U.S. We used similar statistical and geographic analysis methods and separate them into two chapters in this thesis. Chapter I will cover the cancer research and Chapter II will cover the COVID-19 research. Chapter II is a manuscript under review.
Recommended Citation
Meng, Yidan, "Co-Distribution Of Ambient Light At Night And Incidence Of Human Cancers And Covid-19" (2021). Public Health Theses. 2077.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysphtdl/2077
