Exposure to diesel motor exhaust and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis from case-control studies in Europe and Canada

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 941-948

  Olsson, Ann C ^a,b   Gustavsson, Per ^b   Kromhout, Hans ^c   Peters, Susan ^c   Vermeulen, Roel ^c   Brüske, Irene ^d   Pesch, Beate ^e   Siemiatycki, Jack ^f   Pintos, Javier ^f   Brüning, Thomas ^e   Cassidy, Adrian ^g   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^d,h   Consonni, Dario ⁱ   Landi, Maria Teresa ^j   Caporaso, Neil ^j   Plato, Nils ^b   Merletti, Franco ^k   Mirabelli, Dario ^k   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^k   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^l   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^m   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^m   Lissowska, Jolanta ⁿ   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^o   Zaridze, David ^p   Stücker, Isabelle ^q   Benhamou, Simone ^q   Bencko, Vladimir ^r   Foretova, Lenka ^s   Janout, Vladimir ^t   Rudnai, Peter ^u   Fabianova, Eleonora ^v   Dumitru, Rodica Stanescu ^w   Gross, Isabelle M ^e   Kendzia, Benjamin ^e   Forastiere, Francesco ^x   Bueno de Mesquita, Bas ^y   Brennan, Paul ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^z,aa   Straif, Kurt ^a   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Inst fur Okologische Chem   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^m LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^o NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^p N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^q INSERM   (France)

^r CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^s MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^t PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^u National Institute of Environment Health   (Hungary)

^v Regional Authority of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^w NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^x ASL Roma E   (Italy)

^y NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^z MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

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Author keywords

Epidemiologic studies; Lung neoplasm; Occupational exposure; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953309084     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201006-0940OC     Document Type: Article

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