Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

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Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) [1]

Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer incidence in European populations. This prospective analysis of data obtained by the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects used data from 17 cohort studies based in nine European countries. Baseline addresses were geocoded and we assessed air
pollution by land-use regression models for particulate matter (PM) with diameter of less than 10 µm (PM10), less than 2·5 µm (PM2·5), and between 2·5 and 10 µm (PMcoarse), soot (PM2·5absorbance), nitrogen oxides, and two traffic indicators. We used Cox regression models with adjustment for potential confounders for cohort-specific analyses and random effects models for meta-analyses.

Publication Date:

10/07/2013

Author(s): Ole Raaschou-Nielsen [2], Zorana J Andersen [3], Rob Beelen & et al [4]

Source: Lancet Oncology [5]

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Air Pollution [6], Health Effects [7], Lung Cancer [8], Europe [9], RSPM (PM 10) [10], PM 2.5 [11], Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [12], Vehicular Pollution [13], Congestion [14]

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