OCR A Level Geography - Disease Dilemmas - Case Study Air Pollution and Cancers in China

From the OCR A Level Geography specification, this series of handouts covers content from the Disease Dilemmas topic - Section 2: Is there a link between disease and levels of economic development? This case study is on incidences of cancer due to air pollution in China, and covers the following part of Section 2: Case study of one country experiencing air pollution and the impact this has on incidences of cancers (such as lung or bladder). The global and national solutions in dealing with this.

The handout goes through each part of the case study in detail, including:
- the geographical extent of air pollution in China
- how air pollution is created
- how air pollution causes cancer
- the extent of cancer incidence and mortality across China
- global solutions
- national solutions

Maps and statistics are included throughout, as well as important evaluative detail to prepare students for tackling the 33 mark essay questions.

A revision resources using the epidemiological triangle is also included.