Long-term ambient fine particulate matter air pollution and lung cancer in a large cohort of never-smokers

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1374-1381

  Turner, Michelle C ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a,b   Pope III, C Arden ^c   Chen, Yue ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^d   Thun, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RISK SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive; Fine particulate matter air pollution; Lung neoplasms; Never smokers; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84455168730     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201106-1011OC     Document Type: Article

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