Particulate matter air pollution components and risk for lung cancer

Raaschou-Nielsen O 1 , Beelen R 2 , Wang M 2 , Hoek G 2 , Andersen ZJ 3 , Hoffmann B 4 Show all authors , Stafoggia M 5 , Samoli E 6 , Weinmayr G 7 , Dimakopoulou K 6 , Nieuwenhuijsen M 8 , Xun WW 9 , Fischer P 10 , Eriksen KT 11 , Sørensen M 11 , Tjønneland A 11 , Ricceri F 12 , de Hoogh K 13 , Key T 14 , Eeftens M 15 , Peeters PH 16 , Bueno-de-Mesquita HB 17 , Meliefste K 2 , Oftedal B 18 , Schwarze PE 18 , Nafstad P 19 , Galassi C 12 , Migliore E 12 , Ranzi A 20 , Cesaroni G 5 , Badaloni C 5 , Forastiere F 5 , Penell J 21 , De Faire U 21 , Korek M 21 , Pedersen N 22 , Östenson CG 23 , Pershagen G 21 , Fratiglioni L 24 , Concin H 25 , Nagel G 26 , Jaensch A 27 , Ineichen A 28 , Naccarati A 28 , Katsoulis M 29 , Trichpoulou A 29 , Keuken M 30 , Jedynska A 30 , Kooter IM 30 , Kukkonen J 31 , Brunekreef B 32 , Sokhi RS 33 , Katsouyanni K 34 , Vineis P 9

Affiliations 

  • 1 Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark. Electronic address: ole@cancer.dk
  • 2 Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 3 Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Center for Epidemiology and Screening, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 4 IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany; University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 5 Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Local Health Unit ASL RME, Rome, Italy
  • 6 Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • 7 IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany; University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
  • 8 Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • 9 MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  • 10 National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Sustainability and Environmental Health, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
  • 11 Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 12 Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, AO Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin and Center for Cancer Prevention, Turin, Italy
  • 13 MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • 14 Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 15 Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  • 16 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  • 17 Department for Determinants of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 18 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
  • 19 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  • 20 Environmental Health Reference Centre, Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention of Emilia-Romagna, Modena, Italy
  • 21 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 22 Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 23 Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 24 Aging Research Centre, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 25 Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria
  • 26 Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria
  • 27 Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
  • 28 Human Genetics Foundation, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Turin, Italy
  • 29 Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
  • 30 Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 31 Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
  • 32 Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 33 Centre for Atmospheric and Instrumentation Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, United Kingdom
  • 34 Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences and Environmental Research Group, King's College London, United Kingdom
Environ Int, 2016 Feb;87:66-73.
PMID: 26641521 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.11.007

Abstract

Particulate matter (PM) air pollution is a human lung carcinogen; however, the components responsible have not been identified. We assessed the associations between PM components and lung cancer incidence.

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